CAF Champions League Final to be replayed in a neutral venue

CAIRO, 6 June 2019: The African Football Confederation (CAF) has announced its decision to re-play the final of the African Champions League between Esperance Tunis and Morocco's Wydad Casablanca outside Tunisia in a neutral venue.

Esperance won the 2019 African Champions League in an unfinished Final on the first of June. The match was suspended in the 60th minute as Wydad players refused to complete the match when the referee canceled a goal for the Moroccans & he wasn't able to revise it through VAR as it wasn't working.

Wydad players protested to the Gambian referee, demanding VAR be used, and Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad Ahmad spent almost 30 minutes in discussions with officials in a bid to get the game restarted.
The CAF Executive Committee meeting decided on June 5th, 2019, in Paris, unanimously, that:

- The conditions of game and safety were not met during the 2nd leg of the CAF Champions League final held on May 31, 2019, preventing the match from coming to an end;
- Consequently, the 2nd leg match must be replayed on another ground outside Tunisian territory;
- All the CAF regulations relating to this competition are maintained for the said 2nd leg match;
- The date and venue of this meeting will be determined later by the CAF Executive Committee;
- Consequently, Espérance de Tunis will have to render to the CAF Secretariat trophy and medals awarded on May 31, 2019, upon official notification of this decision;
- All other aspects of disciplinary, organization and refereeing will be submitted to the relevant committees for processing and decisions.