Controversial Referee Janny Sikazwe to Officiate CAF Confed Cup Final Between Orlando Pirates and RS Berkane

• Orlando Pirates and RS Berkane will hope for no mishaps after controversial referee Janny Sikazwe was appointed as the whistleman for the CAF Confederations Cup final
• The Zambian came to worldwide attention in January at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in the most bizarre of circumstances
• The 2022 FIFA World Cup-bound Sikazwe ended the match between Mali and Tunisia early twice to much derision

The match officials for this Friday's CAF Confederations Cup final between South Africa's Orlando Pirates and Morocco's RS Berkane have been announced.

Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe will be the man in the middle, while Angolan Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos and Mozambique's Arsenio Chadreque Maringule will run the sidelines at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria.

The teams contesting the final, their supporters and neutrals will hope for no mishaps this time around regarding the 42-year-old Sikazwe in such a crucial encounter. As reported by Pulse Nigeria, he became the subject of global controversy and derision in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations encounter between Mali and Tunisia.

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He inexplicably ended the match in the 85th minute with the Malians leading the Tunisians 1-0. Realising his error but exacerbating it, he restarted the match, allowing it to go on until the 89th minute before ending it.

According to IOL, he explained away the craziness as him having suffered from heatstroke, which led to his confusion. None of this affected his standings with CAF, which included him as one of its match follows who will do duty at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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Al Ahli Tripoli was in an indignant mood following the club's exit from the CAF Confederations Cup semifinals at the hands of Orlando Pirates.

As reported by Sports Brief, the Buccaneers defeated the Libyan side 2-1 on aggregate despite losing 1-0 last night at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto.

They will take on Morocco's RS Berkane in the final that will take place at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in the Nigerian city of Uyo on Friday night.