THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended several Egyptian and Moroccan players and dished out fines after their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final ended in a “fight”.
On the eve of Egypt’s date, the sanctions fell Wednesday, with hosts Cameroon in the semi-finals after a locker room brawl following Sunday’s 2-1 win against Morocco.
The seven-time winners will be missing assistant coach Roger De Sa and left-back Marwan Daoud for the game in Yaounde.
The pair picked up match suspensions starting Wednesday, CAF said.
Trouble began after “altercations between Egypt assistant coach Rogerio Paulo Dos Santos Cesar De Sa and the president of the Moroccan FA Mr Fouzi Lekjaa,” CAF said in a statement from their Cairo HQ.
“A general fight followed in which Morocco player Sofiane Boufal and Egypt player Marwan Mostafa Daoud were identified,” the CAF said.
Daoud’s suspension came due to “his violent conduct”, while Rogerio
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