On arrival from Tunisia yesterday morning, the Tusker squad asked anybody who has evidence of the incident in which Aleluia was shown the red card after he accosted the Sudanese referee, Ahmed M. Salih Salah, in Nairobi a fortnight ago to get in touch with them. The Esperance player was allegedly shown the red card after the final whistle was blown.
Fifa rules say the penalty still stands.
According to the Tusker FC team manager, Anthony Origi, the rec card incident was not among the comments of the referee in a report submitted to CAF after the match. Neither was the issuance of a red card to the Brazilian recorded by the Tanzanian match commissioner Gration Matovu in his report. But Tusker FC secretary Dennis Randiak said they were convinced that Aleluia was given a red card after the match. As a result, Tusker FC played under protest and were asked to produce the evidence which could lock out Esperance from the quarter-final stage. Even the head of delegation, Rose Gichuki, who is the KFF assistant secretary in charge of women's football, admitted that Tusker had a strong case if the evidence could be provided.