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Originally Posted by AlexB
It’s a farce, but this should have been the immediate decision at the time
Regardless of how bad the refereeing decisions were, walking off the pitch en masse should have been considered forfeiture of the game there and then
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The fact that the referee did not award Morocco the forfeiture immediately is why I believe it is the wrong decision.
Both sides, the referee and most importantly CAF agreed to that match to resuming after the Senegalese team came back on the pitch. If Morocco had refused to play and/or filed a protest immediately because they believe the forfeit should have been awarded, no problem. They decided to decide the match on the pitch and only filed the protest when they lost. CAF should have left the match result as is, sent out their version of the two minute report explaining what should have happened, disciplined Senegal and the match official for their indiscretions and moved on.