The Tunisia-Mali referee was not done talking about him after stopping the match before the end of regulation time but another incident took center stage in a day marked by blunders.
During the Gambia-Mauritania pre-match, many mistakes were made on the Mauritanian national anthem. The organizers made the wrong hymn on three occasions, confusing in particular with the old national song of Mauritania.
Stunned, the players and the Mauritanian staff finally started the meeting without having listened to their official song.
