The Moroccan Football Federation announced – today, Friday – that the Appeals Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had canceled the penalty imposed against Walid Regragui, the coach of the Moroccan national team, including a financial fine, during the participation in the Cup of Nations held in Ivory Coast.

The CAF Disciplinary Committee had issued a penalty suspending Regragui for 4 matches and fining him $5,000 due to the events that followed the confrontation with the Democratic Republic of Congo in the African Cup of Nations last Sunday.

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The players of the two teams quarreled after the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw, and video clips spread showing an argument between Regragui and defender Chancel Mbemba.

The Moroccan Federation stated in a statement issued today via the Moroccan Union).