AFCON 2025: Fouzi Lekjaa Backs Victory Against Senegal on Administrative Grounds

President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, spoke in an interview with Onze Mondial about CAF allegedly awarding Morocco the AFCON 2025 victory over Senegal on administrative grounds.

“A victory is a victory: it earns three points in a championship, a star when winning a competition, and it remains written in the history of the club or selection. For our part, what we deeply regret is that we would have wished for a more accomplished end to the competition, a true end to the celebration. Until the 95th minute, all the ingredients of a great event were there.”

He then explains the process around the decision:

“Morocco respected the legal procedure after the match situation, stating that institutions acted within the rules. Despite disagreement with the first-instance ruling, they did not publicly protest. They submitted their case under Articles 82 and 84, and the decision eventually went in their favor at that stage.”

He adds that the matter was taken further by Senegal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and that Morocco would wait for the final ruling and accept it, saying they would be fair-play whether the outcome confirmed their position or not.