A distraught Senegalese star, Krepin Diatta, on Monday accused the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) of corruption, claiming the African soccer governing physique helped Ivory Coast defeat his crew.
The AS Monaco star of France shouted at CAF officers after the match: “You killed us, you’re corrupt! Maintain your Africa Cup.”
Ivory Coast defeated overwhelming favorites to retain their Africa Cup of Nations title, Senegal, through a penalty shoot-out after the 90-minute common time and extra-minute time ended 1-1.
Within the spherical of 16, Senegal had taken the lead by way of an early Habib Diallo aim earlier than Franck Kessié leveled late on from the penalty spot.
The hosts gained the next penalty shoot-out 5-4. However the recreation modified when VAR drew the referee's consideration to a flagrant foul on Ivory Coast's Pepe within the Senegalese penalty space, which the referee had beforehand ignored.
Ivory Coast's Franck Kessie scored the ensuing penalty to attract the hosts stage within the pulsating encounter that lasted 120 minutes.
Diatta was livid with the referees within the match, significantly highlighting the choice to not award a penalty for what he deemed a foul by Odilon Kossounou on Ismaïla Sarr. No penalty was awarded and the referee was not informed by VAR to overturn his choice.
“You go to the VAR to offer them a penalty, however a person (Sarr) runs 40 meters, overlaps, breaks within the penalty space and you’ll't go and take a look at the VAR. I'm sorry, but it surely's ridiculous. I'm actually sorry, however they killed our competitors there,” Diatta stated within the blended zone, directing his remarks at journalists and members of CAF's media service.
