Comoros hold their breath: Ahamada negative… but forbidden to play?

Updated 01/24/2022 at 18:54 GMT

Comoros goalkeeper Ali Ahamada is negative for Covid but is “not eligible” to play in the round of 16 against Cameroon on Monday at the CAN, according to the chief doctor of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). “ The Comorian player’s first positive test dates back two days. He could have been eligible if this first PCR test dated back five days or more“, wrote doctor Sidiki Boubakary to the doctor of the Comorian Federation in a letter that AFP obtained. “Therefore,Ali Ahamada is not eligible to participate in the match of January 24” against Cameroon.

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  CAF calls this rule of the Covid protocol “PCR calendar” , given on October 15 and sent back to the selections on Sunday. Ali Ahamada “ is negative. He has done additional tests, everything is OK, but for the moment CAF does not want to play him“, explains to AFP the president of the Comorian Federation, Saïd Ali Saïd Athouman.

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  The “Coelacanths” applied for a waiver on Monday to be able to field their only valid goalkeeper and are awaiting a response from CAF , explains the Comorian delegation. Ali Ahamada was on the plane Monday afternoon from Garoua, where he had been confined, to go to Yaoundé, according to a source close to the Comorian delegation.

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  The Comoros, qualified for the first time in their history for the African Cup, do not have a goalkeeper available for the round of 16 against Cameroon on Monday ( 8 p.m.). Ali Ahamada and Moyadh Ousseini tested positive for Covid two days before the match and Salim Ben Boina, starter against Morocco and Ghana, injured his shoulder and is unavailable.

  According to information from AFP, right-back Shaker Alhadhur will be established as goalkeeper for Comoros. Coach Amir Abdou, who took charge of the team in 2014, will also miss this game after testing positive again on Monday morning, he said. Midfielder Yassine Bourhane, positive on Saturday, also tested negative on Monday and is also awaiting the waiver, said a team spokeswoman.

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