{"id":12919,"date":"2026-02-20T18:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12919"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:05:49","slug":"senegal-football-federation-denounces-verdict-in-morocco-against-fans-africa-cup-of-nations-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12919","title":{"rendered":"Senegal football federation denounces verdict in Morocco against fans | Africa Cup of Nations News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Eighteen Senegal fans were detained following the AFCON final in Morocco on January 18 and were sentenced on Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this 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nearly 20 minutes to protest against a late penalty awarded to Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans were also seen throwing objects onto the field, including a chair.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were prosecuted in Rabat for \u201chooliganism\u201d charges that included acts of violence, particularly against law enforcement, damage to sports equipment, pitch invasion and throwing projectiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe express our profound dismay and distress following the verdict\u201d Bacary Cisse, president of the FSF\u2019s communications committee, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incomprehensibly harsh decision has provoked widespread outrage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nine supporters were sentenced to one year in prison and fined 5,000 dirhams ($545), six others received six months and a fine of 2,000 dirhams ($218) and three were sentenced to three months with a fine of 1,000 dirhams ($109).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClashes occur in numerous stadiums around the world, including every weekend in Morocco, without resulting in such sanctions,\u201d Cisse said. \u201cThe treatment of these supporters therefore appears disproportionate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyer Patrick Kabou described the verdict on Thursday as \u201cincomprehensible\u201d, saying his clients were \u201cvictims\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen Senegal fans were detained following the AFCON final in Morocco on January 18 and were sentenced on Thursday. 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