CAN 2025 / Morocco vs Senegal final: Samir Nasri lashes out, "CAF is making a fool of itself!"

AFCON 17 March 2026 at 19:22

Mahdi Zakaria LAZRI

News Editor

CAF’s decision to award the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to Morocco off the pitch continues to spark heated reactions across the football world. After several former players and pundits weighed in, it’s now Samir Nasri’s turn to react forcefully to the controversy that’s shaking the African continent.

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Asked to comment on the uproar, the former French international made no effort to hide his shock at the African body’s decision to strip Senegal of the title and hand it to Morocco.

Highly critical, Nasri declared:

"Next time they should announce it in 2035 as well. This is nonsense. So what now? We just hand the trophy to Morocco? CAF is making a fool of itself!"

Words that perfectly capture the magnitude of the debate sparked by this controversial verdict.

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