CAFCL: Esperance receives cash prize for winning last edition

CAFCL: Esperance receives cash prize for winning last edition

By Sampson Adedeji

After much delay, the Confederation of African Football ( CAF), has paid 2018 African club champions league champions Espearance of Tunisia cash prize for winning the competition.

BSN reports that there were a lots of controversies that surrounded the Espearance victory over Wydad Casablanca of Morocco which prompted CAF to order the replay after Wydad abandoned the second leg due to referees error.

Esperance took the case to Court for Arbitration for Sports which nullified the replay ordered by CAF and Appeal Committee then ratified the decision and confirmed the Tunisia side as the authentic champion.

The Espearance Vice President Hechimi Jilani confirmed the receipt of the cash prize on Tuesday afternoon.

“I can tell you that we just received our prize money this morning from CAF," he said.

CAF payment of Esperance means the saga surrounding the second leg match and Esperance triumph has been laid to rest automatically.