Why It's Wrong For Hakimi To Refuse ACN Trophy Snatched Back From Senegal (Football)
(Courtesy, Google) Achraf Hakimi , the Moroccan international football player is taking people by surprise. He captained the football team to the last Africa Cup of Nations his country hosted. It lost the trophy to Senegal in a volatile match that saw the Senegalese walking off the pitch at a point I've poor officiating. They returned to finish it after some time. Afterwards, the Moroccan football authorities lodged an official complaint with CAF , the continental football body. Last week, CAF stripped Senegal of the gold medal and trophy, declaring that Morocco is deemed to have won the match because Senegal walked off. Never mind that Senegal returned to the pitch to finish the match. In a statement, Hakimi said his mother advised him to reject the trophy, because it is unfair to diminish the achievement of the Senegalese national football team , who he admits won the match fairly. “We had a chance to win it but we failed to win it. That’s football, sometimes...