Egypt’s Al Ahly club filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on May 10, following the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) decision to hold the Champions League final in Morocco.
?| Al Ahly files an appeal to CAS over champions league final venue decision.#AfricaYaAhly pic.twitter.com/3qZ8HkcWNK
— Al Ahly SC ?? (@AlAhlyEnglish) May 10, 2022
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Monday that the Champions League final will take place in Casablanca’s Mohammed V stadium by the end of May, after receiving a bid from both the Senegalese Football Federation and from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
The Senegalese Football Federation withdrew its bid, leading to Morocco securing the event.
Shortly after the announcement, several Twitter users have launched a hashtag calling out the CAF’s “corruption.”
Morocco hosted the event last year, and it was chosen once again to host this sporting event’s edition, after it remained the only candidate country during CAF’s organizing committee’s decision time.
Twitter users believe that final games preferably must be played in a neutral ground, but since a Moroccan club is fighting for the title, homecourt advantage is at the forefront of fans’ concern.
Both Wydad Casablanca and Egypt’s Al Ahly won in the first leg of their last semi-final games (3-1) and (4-0) respectively, which gives a vision of their chance to qualify for this sporting event’s final.
Egypt’s Al Ahly fans as well as Algerians called on CAF to retract its choice of the host country.
#StopCafCorruption#CAF#CAFCorruption #FIFA #FIFA22
? Stop CAF corruption ?
You killed the principal of fairness, equality and parity. #WTF pic.twitter.com/KkoBCobAXf— ♛Taha Al-Banna♛™ (@MrTahaAlBanna) May 10, 2022
#CafStinks#CafCorruption https://t.co/eemuTshmgD
— Mohammed Ibrahim (@Arestoegypt) May 10, 2022
#CafStinks#StopCafCorruption@FIFAcom It is your duty to protect African football from corruption ، The Confederation of African Football has become the home of the biggest corruption Under everyone’s sight . pic.twitter.com/Zbj0CiCKr4
— Mohamed Shokr ?? ?? (@mohamedshokr14) May 10, 2022
Where is the justice on this continent?#cafstinks #StopCafCorruption pic.twitter.com/HnMvUb7mnL
— Mahmoud Elsayed (@6mahmoudelsayed) May 10, 2022
#FIFA #CAF @AAhmad_CAF @CAF_Media #CafCorruption #CafStincks https://t.co/wSZhmcfKYE
— ??Algeria ⭐️⭐️الجزائر?? (@DZNet) May 11, 2022
Stop Corruption !!#CafStinks pic.twitter.com/ICU21cS7Qs
— I Hate Zlu II (@IIHateZlu) May 10, 2022
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