Overview
- The match in Rabat ended 1-0 to Senegal after extra time but was interrupted when many Senegal players briefly left the pitch in protest at a penalty decision.
- CAF's appeals jury applied articles 82 and 84 and on March 17 awarded Morocco a 3-0 forfeit victory, overturning the result recorded on the field.
- Senegal's federation took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and presented its arguments at a closed hearing before three arbitrators in Lausanne.
- The legal fight centers on competing rules: CAF says its disciplinary text allows a forfeit when a team abandons the match, while Senegal relies on IFAB Law 5 and the long‑standing doctrine that an on‑field referee's decisions are final.
- The dispute has spilled into politics and governance questions with the Senegalese government seeking a probe and critics pointing to contested CAF disciplinary procedures, and the TAS ruling could set a precedent on how post‑match administrative reversals are treated.