CAN-2015: Equatorial Guinea-Tunisia referee suspended six months

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended Tuesday the referee of Tunisia – Equatorial Guinea for six months and asked the Tunisian Federation to apologize, on pain of being excluded from the CAN 2017.

The referee quarter-final of the CAN 2015 between Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia, who had whistled a non-existent penalty in favor of the host country, was suspended six months by the Confederation of African Football, CAF announced Tuesday.

The CAF also summoned the Tunisian Federation (FTF) to apologize before February 5 at midnight for his “insinuations of bias and lack of ethics against CAF and its officials, or failing to present compelling and tangible evidence to support insults FTF. ”

In case of refusal of Tunisia, it would be excluded from the accurate CAN 2017 CAF.

FTF has likewise been penalized with a fine of $ 50,000.