Mali opened their Africa Cup of Nations crusade with a disputable success over Tunisia to take an early lead in Group F.
The game, notwithstanding, was defaced with debate.
Refs were accompanied off of the pitch after the authority seemed to blow for full-time after just 83 minutes and 43 seconds, drawing an enraged response from the Tunisian seat.
It was a story of two punishments as Ibrahima Kone changed over his endeavor after a handball, however, Tunisia’s Wahbi Khazri couldn’t take action accordingly as his work was saved by Mali goalkeeper Ibrahima Mounkoro a short ways from time.
Zambia ref Janny Sikazwe at first blew for the finish of the game with 85 minutes on the clock, his timekeeping clearly poor. However, subsequent to remedying himself he actually finished the match in the 90th moment, notwithstanding various stoppages in the last part, including two VAR checks.
The outcome pursues the direction of 1-0 win at the finals, with this the seventh in the 10 games played to date. The second match in Group F will be played later on Wednesday between Mauritania and Gambia.
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