In a statement on social media, the FSF protested about a lack of adequate security on arrival, inadequate accommodation, confusion over training facilities and insufficient tickets being provided for Senegal fans. Having beaten Egypt in Wednesday’s semi-final in Tangier, the Senegal squad made the 75-minute journey south to the capital on the Al-Boraq high-speed train. “We have to say what happened is abnormal, abnormal for a team like Senegal to be left with the crowd like that,” the Senegal manager, Pape Thiaw, said on Saturday. Tensions have been inflamed over the past few days with visiting teams accusing Morocco of seeking every conceivable advantage. Refereeing has been a recurring problem with the officials for all four quarter-finals changed less than 24 hours before kick-off, in part because Morocco protested about the Egyptian official they had been allocated for their game against Cameroon.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2026 22:49 UTC