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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the opening of an investigation into the events that followed the match between the teams of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the second round of the group stage of the African Cup of Nations, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
A statement – published on the official CAF website – stated, “An investigation has been opened against the Moroccan Football Federation and its Congolese counterpart, following the events after the match that brought together the two teams.”
He added, “No further comment will be made on this matter until the investigation is completed.”
Video footage showed a quarrel between members of the two teams in the middle of the field after the final whistle, and Walid Regragui, coach of the “Atlas Lions” team, got involved in the altercations, and the quarrel continued in the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms.
Unfortunate scenes after the end of the match between Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and an argument between the players in the African Cup of Nations. pic.twitter.com/Tm5kjhjE4R
— Mercato (@MERCATO1937) January 21, 2024
The Congolese Federation published a statement in which it indicated that the national team captain, Chancel Mbemba, was subjected to racist insults and insults from the Moroccan national team players and their coach, Regragui, before he was subjected to violence in the locker room corridors.
In turn, the Moroccan Federation condemned the “unsportsmanlike actions” that followed the match, in an official statement on its Facebook account, and said, “We affirm the distinguished and historical relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the bonds of brotherhood between the two peoples.”
The captain of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused the Moroccan coach of insulting him and uttering racist words.
He said in press statements that he was insulted with racist language by the Moroccan coach, adding, “I do not need to talk a lot. God’s justice is the most important. I am not perfect, but on the field I respect everyone and this respect is mutual.”
Chancel Mbemba, captain of the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team: “I was not waiting for Rafi, coach of the Moroccan national team, to utter such words, but there is divine justice.”
We all know that bitter people have no morals and no principles.
Since the beginning of the conflict, they have been leading a campaign to distort Algeria. But the truth came out.pic.twitter.com/MXa98ACDFe— ♕🅁🅴🄳🅷🄰♛ (@redha1804) January 21, 2024
He added, “I respect Regragui because he is a big man, but the video that appeared on television was cut off. I will remain silent because it is the best option, but God’s justice exists, and this word should not have come out of his mouth.”
Regragui responded by saying, “I do not like Mbemba’s statement because it alludes to a lot of things. If he has pictures other than those we see on television, let him show them with pleasure. He will see exactly what happened.”
Regragui presents his story: I did not insult Mbemba with any racist expression
the details: https://t.co/82ST6Ztld7#Africa_Cup of Nations | #Morocco | #Democratic Republic of Congo | #Arabic_talk pic.twitter.com/c7y1rqRgWd— TelQuel – Arabic (@TelQuelArabi) January 22, 2024
The skirmishes began after the end of the match, when the Moroccan coach went to the captain of the Democratic Republic of Congo to shake his hand, while the latter was looking towards the sky, complaining about the “injustice of the refereeing” after receiving a yellow card, before he forcefully withdrew his hand, waving to the effect that the referee ignored the “mouse”, then He apparently made an obscene gesture towards the Moroccan coach, which ignited the anger of the rest of the players, who entered into verbal and fistfights.
