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Senegal is taking action and fighting back. A week after being stripped of their African championship title—which they had won on the field following a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco in January—the Lions of Teranga filed an appeal on Tuesday with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The news was made official Monday evening by Moussa Mbaye, a member of the Executive Committee of the Senegalese Football Federation, during an interview on a national television channel.
“This is a legal proceeding we will initiate (on Tuesday),” the official stated. “People will hear a lot of fake news, but they should have the patience to wait for official communications from the Senegalese Football Federation. We will not act on emotion, but in a very calm and clear-headed manner to best serve Senegal’s interests. ”
“We will not act on emotion”
The Senegalese official also announced that the lawyer handling the case is a specialist in sports litigation and has already won cases before the Swiss body on several occasions. It was he, in particular, who defended Morocco after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) excluded the Moroccan national team from two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations for refusing to host the continental tournament in 2015.