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Caf crisis: Are the walls closing in on president Ahmad Ahmad?

The events of the past week have made it increasingly clear that the Caf head honcho may lack the chops to lead

It will only really become apparent, in time, just how seismic, and potentially damaging, the past week has been for the Confederation of African Football.

It is not so much what happens as how one handles it, but it is important to establish what came before.

On the 31st of June, the Caf Champions League final second leg took place in Rades, Tunis. Defending champions Esperance, fresh from a 1-1 result from the first leg in Rabat, welcomed Wydad Casablanca with the odds firmly stacked in their favour, thanks to the away goal.