Tunisian football star and one of the most famous goalkeepers in the history of history, Shukri Al-Haar, accused African Football Confederation (CAF) President Ahmed Ahmed of carrying out a special agenda targeting Arab clubs and teams in the continent. African Nations «Egypt 2019» by the Senegalese team for a free goal.
Al-Haar told Al-Emarat Al-Youm that Al-Malagashi Ahmed Ahmed was good and put an end to the era of corruption that has spread over 30 years in the African Football Confederation led by Cameroon Issa Hayatou, who was involved in many corruption and financial and administrative violations. Was not the best of his predecessor, and came to the rule of his rule a systematic agenda aimed at the Arab ball in general and Tunisia in particular ».
Ahmed Ahmed was elected president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) in March 2017 and until 2021, beating Hayatou (34 votes to 20).
Al-Wa'ar added: "There is no greater corruption than what happened yesterday to the Tunisian team against Senegal, not to be considered a clear penalty and did not need to resort to the technique of (mouse) to be sure, and we were surprised not to count despite the decision to rule initially calculated, The African Union does not want to have two Arab candidates for the final of the African Nations Cup. "
Ethiopian referee Bamalak Tesema scored a penalty for Tunisia after the ball touched the Senegalese defender's hand in the penalty area, but returned and canceled it after returning to the video technique.
Senegal qualified for the final against Algeria, having overcome Nigeria's hurdle by winning 1-2.
"If we link Ahmed Ahmed's decision to the final of the CAF Champions League match between Esperance Tunis and Morocco's Raja Casablanca and the events of Tunisia and Senegal, we are assured that there is an agenda that is being implemented professionally against the Arab countries and Tunisia. Administrator".
"I do not have a single reason to repeat Esperance and Raja's match outside of Tunisia, although the country is safe and we have hosted many international tournaments in all games. If the argument is to return the game because of a failure in the mouse, , And Esperance should not pay for this mistake. "
On June 4, the African Union (AU) Executive Office decided to return the second leg of the African Champions League final between Esperance Tunis and Morocco's Raja Casablanca in neutral territory due to lack of security conditions during the return leg at Rades.
"The Carthage eagles have given up the African championship with their heads high. They were embarrassed by the star-studded Senegalese team. It was close to reaching the final away from the referees. If Ferjani Sassi was able to score from the penalty kick, Different from what has ended ».
"I see that our arrival in the semi-finals is a satisfactory result for us, in addition to the performance that the team entered. The performance and the results in the group stage were not as it should have been, and we can say that we have ascended by a miracle, and personally I did not expect to reach that advanced position." .
Tunisia finished second in Group E after scoring three draws against Mali, Angola and Mauritania.
He added: "We were lucky to play in the playoffs with teams that were not ranked first in the continent, in addition to the format of the performance of the players was in a clear upward until reached the summit in the game Senegal, especially in the second half.
"We do not want to beat the goalkeeper and hold him responsible for losing, winning and losing a shared responsibility among all the players without discrimination or discrimination. We must not ignore that Moez Hassan was able to defend himself," he said. For a penalty during the game, and was distinctive in many of the balls that have reached ».
Former Tunisian star:
"The African Union does not want to have two Arab candidates for the final."
"We were lucky to play the playoffs with teams not of the first category."
"We do not want to beat the goalkeeper Moez Hassan and hold him responsible for losing Tunisia."
The most prominent problems faced by the head of «KAF» Ahmed Ahmed
Ahmed Ahmed was charged with corruption and was interrogated by the French authorities on June 5.
- A year after his election, an investigation into corruption has exposed more than 100 referees and officials in African football.
- The crisis of the African Champions League final between Esperance of Tunisia and the Moroccan Casablanca.
- The BBC: Ahmed Ahmed received allowances in a single time, under the pretext of his presence in Russia, Egypt and Madagascar at the same time.
- Spanish newspaper SA: Ahmed Ahmed received a bribe from Tactical Steel ($ 830,000), in return for providing Al Kef with sports tools, instead of Puma.