topped issue The “towel” during the activities of the last African Cup of Nations hosted by Morocco, the media scene, after the many videos shown on social networking sites during the final match that brought together the national team of the organizing country and the national team of Senegal.
Press sources revealed a huge surprise, indicating that… African Union “CAF” may study the possibility of placing restrictions on the use of “towels” by goalkeepers in continental competitions, after the great controversy that accompanied this matter in the 2025 African Cup final, which ended with a historic coronation for the Senegalese team, at the expense of Morocco, in a crazy scenario, following the great arbitration controversy.
Show videos circulating on websites Social networkingBehaviors unrelated to sports on the part of the Moroccan national team players, in an attempt to distract the focus of Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mandy, who suffered greatly from these actions throughout the 120 minutes, during his attempts to prevent the ball collectors from reaching the “towel”, before Ismail Saibari, the Dutch star of PSV Eindhoven, intervened, causing everyone to engage in a public conflict, which reached the point of hand-to-hand combat.
The same incident was also repeated, during the match between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Union of Congolese in the African Confederation Cup competitions a few days ago, which made many link the matter to what happened in the final match of the last Cannes, so that this issue turned into a “trend” in the Arab and African world alike.
Olivier Savary, Chairman of the Federation’s Referees Committee, did not hesitate African Football, in making somewhat strange statements, with the aim of resolving the controversy surrounding the “towels” issue, which has caused a stark division during the current time in the African continent, where he said in statements reported by the “Foot Mercato” website: “This is a problem that organizers must take into account in future tournaments. The towel is not part of the player’s or goalkeeper’s equipment,” and he continued: “When the goalkeeper uses a towel, this must be done in a sporting and fair manner.”
While goalkeepers around the world are accustomed to carrying special towels intended to wipe their gloves, it seems that… African Union On the verge of banning their use, if these towels continue to cause controversy and cause major problems in continental competitions, which attract the attention of many football fans in Africa and even the world.
The latter’s statements did not live up to the aspirations of the sports street, which in turn described them as in solidarity with the Moroccan side, which justified its action by saying that several countries resort to “towels” in order to spread magic, quackery and sorcery on the field, in search of deliberately influencing the results of matches in continental competitions.
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