CAFCL CAS Verdict: Esperance remains champion

CAFCL CAS Verdict:Espearance remains champion

By Sampson Adedeji

After much deliberations, Court for Arbitration for sport has upheld defending champions of CAF champions League Espearance of Tunisia as the champion of the 2019 champions League.

The Confederation of African Football ( CAF) order the replay of the final at a neutral venue after the initial second leg was abandoned by Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in a highly tensed match.

But the Esperance management decided to take the case to CAS, the sport ruling body on Wednesday afternoon gave final verdict on the match and upheld Esperance as champion and overruled the replay earlier decided by CAF.

After the confirmations, the Tunisia giants will now go into the this year edition as a defending champion and will also represent Africa in the FIFA world club cup on Qatar later in the year.