Speaking on Wednesday, Caf president Dr Patrice Motsepe said the incidents that took place during the final undermined work carried out regarding "integrity, respect, ethics, governance, as well as credibility of the results of our football matches".

"It is important that the decisions of our Caf disciplinary board and the Caf appeals board are viewed with the respect and integrity that is very important to us," said the Caf president.

"Not a single country in Africa will be treated in a manner which is more preferential or more advantageous or more favourable than any other."

Former Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal coach Claude le Roy was also critical of Caf and Gianni Infantino, president of world football's governing body Fifa.

"For a long time with Caf, there is nobody of high quality driving this confederation and they are under control of Mr Infantino, and I think all problems are coming from there," he told BBC Newsday.

"Before this it was a fantastic Africa Cup of Nations, the most beautiful in the history of Afcon.

"We cannot understand this decision so long later. That means that they killed all the spirit of this so beautiful Afcon in Morocco."

Morocco are among six joint hosts of the 2030 World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal, with special matches being held in Uruguay - to mark the centenary of hosting the first final in 1930 - plus Argentina and Paraguay.

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