CAIRO — The
Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended several Egyptian and Moroccan players and dished out fines
after their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final ended in a "fight".
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The sanctions fell Wednesday, on the eve of
Egypt's date with hosts Cameroon in the semi-finals after a locker room brawl
following Sunday's 2-1 win against Morocco.
The seven-time winners will be missing
assistant coach Rogerio De Sa, and left-back Marwan Daoud for the game in
Yaounde.
The pair picked up match suspensions
starting Wednesday, CAF said.
Trouble began after "altercations
between Egypt assistant coach Rogerio Paulo Dos Santos Cesar De Sa and the
President of the Moroccan FA Mr. Fouzi Lekjaa," CAF said in a statement
from their Cairo HQ.
"A general fight followed in which
Morocco player Sofiane Boufal and Egypt player Marwan Mostafa Daoud were
identified," the CAF said.
Daoud's suspension came due to "his
violent conduct" while Rogerio De Sa's was because of "using an
obscene gesture".
CAF also suspended Moroccan
players
Soufian Chakla and Soufiane Boufal for "violent behavior".
That rules the pair out of Morocco's World Cup play-off game against the
Democratic Republic of Congo in March.
The confederation imposed a fine of $10,000
on the
Moroccan Federation and $25,000 on the
Egyptian Football Association.
It also imposed an additional $100,000 fine
($50,000 suspended) on Egypt for breaching the Cup of Nations' media protocols
and directives when failing to honor their pre-match press conference
commitment.
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