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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The referee at the centre of the farcical scenes at the end of the Africa Cup of Nations clash between Tunisia and Mali on Wednesday was suffering from heat stroke and severe dehydration and was taken to hospital after the match, according to the man in charge of officiating at AFCON.<\/p>\n

Tunisia have appealed for their Group F opener to be replayed after Zambian official Janny Sikazwe blew the final whistle after just 85 minutes, then again 17 seconds before 90 minutes were up despite viewers expecting a lengthy period of stoppage-time in an incident-packed game, which ended with Mali 1-0 up.<\/p>\n

Around 35 minutes after the match was prematurely halted the teams were asked to come back out by AFCON officials, but Tunisia refused as they were already recovering in ice baths, manager Mondher Kebaier revealed.<\/p>\n

Now AFCON\u2019s head of referees Essam Abdel-Fatah has defended the performance of Sikazwe \u2013 who officiated at the 2018 World Cup \u2013 by insisting he was suffering from the effects of the 34-degree heat level and 65 per cent humidity in Limbe, Cameroon.<\/p>\n

\u2018The referee suffered from heat stroke and very severe dehydration, which led to him losing focus and was taken to the hospital,\u2019 Abdel-Fatah told MBC Egypt\u2019s Al-Laib.<\/p>\n

\u2018It caused him to lose time in the 80th minute, and he ended the match in the 85th minute. He returned after directions from the assistant staff and then returned to finish the match in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n

\u2018When the crisis occurred and the objections and control were lost in the match, the fourth referee was the one who was going to complete the match [instead of Sikazwe], but one of the two teams refused.\u2019 -Daily mail<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The referee at the centre of the farcical scenes at the end of the Africa Cup of Nations clash between Tunisia and Mali on Wednesday was suffering from heat stroke and severe dehydration and was taken to hospital after the match, according to the man in charge of officiating at AFCON. 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