{"id":38045,"date":"2026-01-22T02:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/afcon-2025-what-we-learned-from-finals-in-morocco\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T02:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:57:33","slug":"afcon-2025-what-we-learned-from-finals-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/afcon-2025-what-we-learned-from-finals-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Afcon 2025: What we learned from finals in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Caf must surely look at changing its rules regarding bookings in knockout games, having wiped all yellow cards after the group stage.<\/p>\n

A total of 20 players were walking a tightrope in the semi-finals, knowing that a second caution in the space of three matches would rule them out of the final.<\/p>\n

Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and midfielder Habib Diarra ultimately missed out, while the same fate would have befallen Nigeria defender Calvin Bassey and Egypt’s Hossam Abdelmaguid had their sides progressed.<\/p>\n

While discipline is important, coaches, players, supporters and media all want to see the strongest XIs possible take the field in the biggest games.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the requirement to draw lots to separate sides with identical records in the group stage almost occurred on three occasions.<\/p>\n

It last happened at an Afcon in 2015, with Guinea progressing ahead of Mali,<\/a> and at one point would have been needed to decide which side finished as the last of four third-placed finishers.<\/p>\n

Though perhaps a drawing of lots would offer a moment of drama to a neutral, fair play records or an attacking metric would likely be preferable to the teams involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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