Morocco and Senegal will host, next Sunday (8:00 p.m.) at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium (Rabat), the final of the 35th edition of CAN 2025. Thus, the chances of seeing Mustapha Ghorbal, one of the best referees in Africa, being part of the refereeing body of this ultimate explanation become zero.
First of all, there are geographical reasons which will make the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will not designate Ghorbal to be on the whistle for this meeting. THE Morocco is theAlgeria remain, despite the tensions, neighboring countries and the criterion of neutrality obliges the body to consider the situation.
Lekjaâ will inevitably veto
Moreover, Fouzi Lekjaâboss of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and vice-president of the CAFwill necessarily not agree with this possible appointment. Indeed, even when Ghorballisted in 4 oppositions (2 as central game judge and 2 as video assistance to the referee) in this CAN 2025must have been at the OUR of the match between Moroccans and the Cameroonian in the 1/4 final, Leakâ opposed this decision.
We can therefore think that Ghorbaland even less Lahloul Benbraham, will not be party to this tussle between the Lions of the Atlas and those of the Teranga. As a reminder, the Senegalese dominated theEgypt of Mohamed Salah on the score of 1 goal to 0 thanks to Sadio Mane Wednesday in the semi-final. For its part, the Morocco went through penalties to oust the Nigeria (0-0/2 tab 4) of Victor Osimhen.
