Here the referee appointments for third place game and the final of 2025 AFCON in Morocco.
Third Place Game
17:00 CET - Casablanca (Stade Mohammed V)
EGYPT - NIGERIA
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Mostafa Akarkad MAR
Fourth Official: Peter Waweru Kamaku KENReserve Assistant Referee: Khalil Hassani TUN
Video Assistant Referee: Lahlou Benbraham ALG
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 1: Haythem Guirat TUN
Assistant Video Assistant Referee 2: Hamza El Fariq MAR
CAF Referee Assessor: Sinko Zeli CIV
Final
Sunday 18 January 2026
20:00 CET - Rabat (Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah)
SENEGAL - MOROCCO
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20:00 CET - Rabat (Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah)
SENEGAL - MOROCCO
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Some African internet news reported that Mahmoud Ismail is referee for the final!
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ReplyDeleteUdinese vs Inter. Last time I saw such overuse of a whistle was when Faghani reffed in the olympics. Di Bello has very annoying use of the whistle. Almost every free kick call, there are several additional whistles before play is restarted. Same on corner kicks. And he doesn’t even know how to correctly blow into a whistle.
DeleteDi Bello is not having a good game. Poor decisions. For example now, ~70'. He awarded wrongly a free kick for Inter for a handball that was not punishable in anu case. And on the counter attack a clean tackling by Carlos Augusto is wrongly whisyled as a foul and YC is awrded. He is struggling to mantain the control.
DeleteManchester - City = only YC on 11´ by Taylor is an unacceptable decision. Clear serious foul play and no VAR intervention isn’t understandable…
ReplyDeleteJean Jacque Ndala Ngambo COD à 80% officera la finale
ReplyDeleteOFR in third place game for disallowing a goal scored by Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThe officiating crew assessed a reckless elbow in the box by attacker before the goal. A decision that is discussed because it looks like defender ran into the attacker's arm in that position and not the contrary. To me, it's a classic situation in which a replay, after the live action, gives more the feeling of a foul than what could have been perceived in real pace. Tricky stuff for VAR, however the intervention is not 100% wrong.
IMO good decision by Algerian VAR to call to monitor Jayed. Clear foul not given live. But harsh YC here. Not mandatory at all…
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