Why is Caf Algeria investigating Wafcon 2024?

In a collision between North African rivals, Tunisia and Algeria played a scoreless draw on Thursday in the Père Jégo Stadium in Casablanca.

Tunisia, from a tough 0-3 defeat to Nigeria in his opener, showed a greater attacking intention during the game. Algeria, stimulated by a scary victory over Botswana in his first game, remained defensively compact to keep a point.

However, the result was placed in assessment because the Confederation of African Football (CAF) started an investigation into alleged misconduct by the Algerian women’s team.

What is the controversy around the Algerian women’s team?

Cafe has initiated a probe In the behavior of the Algerian team during the Africa Cup of Nations for Women, with reference to possible breaches of its statutes and regulations.

In a short official statement, CAF said that the investigation was related to incidents involving host country Morocco, but did not announce any details. «No further comments will be made until the research process is closed,» it added.

How is Algeria involved in the Wafcon distroverse?

According to Media reports from Rabat, Algeria has accepted a «soft boycott» of the tournament organized by Morocco for a second consecutive edition. The Algerian football federation is said to have omitted Morocco from his official communication, and the team did not participate in the pre-touring group photo in which all teams were involved.

Impact on the point table

As it looks now, Algeria is second in the group with four points and remains unbeaten, with a decisive collision against Nigeria afterwards. In the meantime, Tunisia is in third place with one point and has to beat Botswana to stay in the fight for a historically very first Wafcon quarterfinals appearance.