A map on the Moroccan shirts caused controversy, leading to a walkout by USM Alger and a 3-0 win awarded to Berkane by CAF.
The first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final between Morocco's RS Berkane and Algeria's USM Alger saw the Algerian authorities confiscate the visiting team's shirts on the grounds that they carried a map of Morocco that included the disputed Western Sahara.
The Confederation of African Football awarded Berkane a 3-0 victory in the first leg of their semi-final, cancelled last Sunday when the Moroccan club refused to take the field after Algerian officials confiscated their shirts. Moroccan television reported that the USM team left the stadium just before the scheduled 1900 GMT kickoff.Customs officers confiscated Berkane's shirts on the grounds that they carried a map of Morocco that included the disputed Western Sahara.
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