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Moroccan players briefly walked off in protest over a refereeing decision but later returned to continue the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmed Makrouh equalised in the 86th minute, ending the game 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco topped the group with five points to win the title, while Guinea finished second.Guinea argued the incident should be reassessed using principles applied in the 2025 ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guinea Football Federation has urged the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to review the 1976 AFCON outcome, citing Morocco\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/afcon.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16797,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/caf-general-secretary-steps-down-amid-afcon-final-fallout\/","url_meta":{"origin":16729,"position":0},"title":"Caf general secretary steps down amid Afcon final fallout","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The general secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) says he has decided to \"step down\", an announcement that comes amid a chaotic time for football on the continent. 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