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Was this a fair decision or not?😳

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Everyone is talking about Africa today, and it's not good. For the first time in history, the winner of the continent's largest football tournament has been stripped of their title, a whopping two months later. And just to add to the drama, it was given to the host nation, Morocco. And in the latest twist, Senegal are now refusing to hand back the trophy. There are allegations of corruption being thrown around. And a shame for Africa rhetoric is now running wild. So here's what happened. See, Senegal played Morocco in the final of the African combinations. And throughout the game, a number of very controversial decisions were made in favor of Morocco by the ref. Now, despite this, the two teams were drawing nil-nil. And it looks like it was heading into extra time. Until the referee awarded Morocco a penalty in the dying minutes of the game. Players from Senegal were so outraged by this decision that they did something you almost never see in professional football. They walked off the pitch in protest. After about 15 minutes in the dressing room, eventually, they were persuaded to come back on. Morocco took the penalty, but missed. Now, Senegal went on to win the game in extra time, and everyone thought that was going to be the last of it. Until two months later, the continent's football governing body made an announcement that Senegal were stripped of the title, because they technically forfeit the game under Article 82 and 84 when they left the pitch for those 15 minutes. And so, the result of the match is now recorded as 3-0 in favor of Morocco. Now, this has caused outrage and allegations of corruption, especially since Morocco, were the host nation. And now, the backlash is spiraling and even falling on the entire tournament and continent. For the bigger picture, for me, is CAF is embarrassing. They've embarrassed themselves for the world and the global football to see again and gives an opportunity to other football infederations around the world to laugh at CAF and laugh at African corporations and laugh at Africa's continent because of how this whole situation has been happening. However, others have defended the decision, saying that those are the official rules and people can't complain if Senegal broke them. But, what do you guys think? Was this decision fair or not?