The Confederation of African Football CAF has awarded a 3-0 first-leg win to RS Berkane following an incident involving the two teams last weekend in the Confederations Cup semi-final fixture.
CAF decided after a meeting which was held on Wednesday to address the situation.
Also, CAF has asked USM Algiers to play the second leg game which will take place in Morocco on Sunday, or will be banned from the competition
It will be recalled that the match between USM Alger and Moroccan team RS Berkane was cancelled just before kickoff on Sunday after a dispute over the Moroccan club’s jerseys.
The row began on Friday morning when the Moroccan squad arrived in Algeria ahead of the first leg of the semi-final.
Algerian media reported that customs officers confiscated Berkane’s shirts on the grounds that they carried a map of Morocco that included the disputed Western Sahara.
Shortly before Sunday’s scheduled 1900 GMT kick-off, USM Alger sporting director Toufik Korichi told Algerian radio that the match would not be played because Berkane refused to take to the pitch in any other shirts.
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