Come and get him then: Senegal star hits back after AFCON shock | OneFootball

Will Senegal succeed with its appeal? After it was announced on Tuesday evening that Morocco was declared the 2026 Africa Cup winner at the green table, the football association announced it would file a complaint. 

During the final, the Senegalese team walked off the field in unison when a penalty was awarded to Morocco. They returned with a delay and eventually won 1-0. However, the title was later revoked, which angered the association. Secretary General Abdoulaye Sow declared that he would not hand over the trophy. 

"The worldwide reactions to this decision confirm the general outrage. The trophy will not leave the country," said Sow on a show of the Senegalese TV channel 'RTS 1'.

Lyon defender Moussa Niakhaté agreed with the coach's opinion but expressed himself in a more defiant tone on Instagram. "Come and get it," he wrote alongside a photo of himself with the trophy.

The Senegalese government has also gotten involved and demanded an "independent international investigation" due to possible corruption. Government spokeswoman Marie Rose Khady Fatou Faye sharply criticized the decision. 

"This decision is grossly unlawful and deeply unjust. By questioning a result achieved at the end of a properly conducted game in accordance with the rules, the CAF significantly undermines its own credibility," Faye stated in the announcement, calling for an investigation "within the leadership bodies of the CAF." 

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