The Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) has cleared Nigeria and all Tremendous Eagles gamers of any wrongdoing throughout the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng stories.
The Tremendous Eagles impressed on the AFCON, enjoying seven matches, securing victories in 5, drawing one, and experiencing a lone defeat.
Nigeria maintained an unbeaten streak of their first six matches, solely succumbing to a 2-1 defeat in opposition to host nation Cote d’Ivoire within the last.
Nonetheless, CAF’s investigations didn’t discover any infractions on the a part of Nigeria and the Tremendous Eagles gamers.
Contrastingly, AFCON winners Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and 2021 champions Senegal confronted the disciplinary axe from the CAF Disciplinary Board.
The Board convened to deliberate on varied issues and determined to impose sanctions on Mali and Cote d’Ivoire, particularly associated to their knockout spherical conflict on February third.
The Fédération Malienne de Soccer confronted fees of misconduct on account of unsporting conduct by its gamers in the direction of the match official.
Hamari Traore, specifically, was discovered responsible of unsporting conduct and obtained a four-match suspension, with two matches suspended for one 12 months.
Moreover, the Malian Soccer Federation incurred a high quality of 10,000 US {Dollars}.
The Fédération Ivoirienne de Soccer was additionally on the receiving finish of disciplinary actions, being charged with group misconduct and fined 5,000 US {Dollars}.
Furthermore, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal discovered themselves in sizzling water for his or her conduct throughout their knockout spherical match on January twenty ninth.
Ivorian star Krepin Diatta confronted fees of bringing CAF into disrepute following feedback made post-match.
The Disciplinary Board dominated Diatta responsible, handing him a four-match suspension, with two matches suspended for a 12 months, together with a high quality of 10,000 US {Dollars}.
Moreover, the Fédération Sénégalaise de Soccer was fined 5,000 US {Dollars} for group misconduct.