Football tie awarded to Moroccan side after kit confiscated by Algeria
Al Jazeera
Renaissance Berkane win first leg over USM Alger after Algerian customs confiscated the visiting team’s kits.
Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane have been awarded a 3-0 win over hosts USM Alger (USMA) in the first leg of their African Confederation Cup semifinal despite refusing to play when their kit was confiscated by Algerian customs.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Thursday that Sunday’s second leg in Morocco would go ahead as scheduled.
CAF added that USMA, who are the defending champions, would face further sanctions.
Berkane went to the stadium in Algiers last Sunday for the first leg but did not leave the changing rooms at kickoff time after their kit had been confiscated by Algerian customs on their arrival two days earlier.
Their shirts display a small map of Morocco on the chest area, including the disputed territory of Western Sahara which is at the centre of frosty relations between the North African neighbours.
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