Morocco refuses to allow a South African team to enter its territory
The Moroccan Football Association announced yesterday that the country's authorities refused to allow South African Caesar Chiefs to enter its territory to face Wydad Casablanca in the first round of the African Champions League soccer competition, due to the strict restrictions imposed on flights coming from South Africa, due to the outbreak of the new strain of Corona virus. .
The Moroccan Federation said in a statement that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (the Moroccan Football Federation): "I sent a message to the Clubs Committee of the Confederation of African Football informing it that the Moroccan authorities decided not to allow the Wydad Casablanca match with the South African Kaizer Chiefs team."
He added that the decision regarding the match scheduled on February 13 in the city of Casablanca within the framework of the first round of the African Champions League came "due to the health safety associated with the recent developments of Covid 19."
The statement indicated that: The Royal Moroccan University called on the Confederation of African Football to postpone the match or hold it in another country if this was not possible. ”The scheduled match will be held at Mohammed V Stadium in the economic capital of Casablanca, in the first round of Group C competitions, which also includes Horoya Conakry. Guinean and Petro Atlético of Angola.
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