Issa Hayatou praises Equato - Guinean president

In the aftermath of the AFCON finals which was won on penalties by Côte d'Ivoire, president of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Issa Hayatou made an overall summary of the event.

It is likely that the African Football Confederation (CAF) and its president Issa Hayatou were happy on the occasion of the 30th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.

This is what emerged from the collected remarks made on Monday, February 9, 2015 on CRTV, "What happened was unprecedented. Equatorial Guinea prepared the AFCON in 50 days. I saw President Obiang Nguema on December 14 and he warned me that there could be imperfections."

The president of CAF continued saying, "in terms of the Organization, there were no imperfections. President Obiang Nguema did not even celebrate Christmas". He added that some lawns, like that of Mongomo," were installed in three weeks" with Russia imported components.

After noting galore historic intervention of the president of Equatorial - Guinea to avoid a postponement of the AFCON, Issa Hayatou addressed the issues that did not go well.

On the excesses of the local public in the semi-final against Ghana, he said, 'the public considered that it should not designate a Gabonese referee. Indicating that the referees Committee was totally free of its decisions, he added, "we lay the blame on the referees Committee. They appointed arbitrators without taking into account the geopolitics" Issa Hayatou then announced a fine of $100,000, specifying that it is the most severe under the legislation in force.