Senegal parade AFCON trophy, despite title being awarded to Morocco

Senegal parade AFCON trophy at Stade de France ahead of friendly against Peru, despite being stripped of the title.Senegal, who won the Africa Cup of Nations title in a controversial final against hosts Morocco in January – only to be stripped of their victory weeks later – have paraded the trophy ahead of a friendly against Peru at the Stade de France in Paris.Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and his teammates came out onto the pitch with the AFCON trophy on Saturday for a lap of honour after a pre-match concert by Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Pakistan’s Naseem Shah under fire after criticism of politician’s PSL visitlist 2 of 4Verstappen calls his Red Bull ‘undriveable’ after more F1 woes at Japan GPlist 3 of 4Iran footballers pay tribute to victims of school strike at start of warlist 4 of 4Tiger Woods released on bail hours after arrest on suspicion of DUIend of listKoulibaly and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy went up to the stadium’s presidential box to place the trophy there in front of Abdoulaye Fall, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation, among others.Only hours earlier, Morocco had declared the case for the trophy closed, following the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ruling that Senegal’s 1-0 win in January’s final was to be overturned following the mid-game walk-off by their players.CAF’s appeals panel awarded Morocco a 3-0 win and with it, the title.Senegal’s players parade around the pitch with the trophy [Julien de Rosa/AFP]Senegal and Morocco set to remain locked in AFCON disputeSenegal have said they will take their own appeal back to CAF and to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which could take a year to rule.The Senegalese government has called for an independent international inquiry into CAF’s decision, alleging corruption should also be looked into.Senegal’s players left the field in normal time during the final in protest at a penalty awarded to Morocco, which – upon the Senegalese return after a 14-minute delay – was missed.