Algeria’s officers have lodged an attraction at Confederation of African Soccer (CAF), in a bid to overturn sanctions positioned on two of their gamers, Luca Zidane and Rafik Belghali, following their antics in opposition to the Tremendous Eagles.
Sports247 gathered that Zidane and Belghali have been on Wednesday banned two and 4 matches respectively, as a result of half they performed in ugly scenes that adopted Algeria’s quarter-final loss to Nigeria on the African Cup of Nations.
The gamers and their colleagues have been indignant that Algeria have been denied a penalty with the sport locked at 0-0 earlier than they finally misplaced 2-0 to Nigeria, courtesy of second-half objectives by Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams.
After the ultimate whistle, a scuffle broke out between each units of gamers and crew, within the aftermath of which CAF has additionally sanctioned Algeria’s followers for making an attempt to invade the pitch and waving financial institution notes at match officers.
CAF additional introduced that Algeria Soccer Federation (FAF) has additionally been fined $100,000 for safety lapses and improper conduct by their gamers, officers and supporters.
Whereas CAF acknowledged that The Fenecs’ goalkeeper Zidane and defender Belghali will each serve their suspensions in the course of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers, FAF stated it was lodging an attraction to problem the sanctions.
