AFCON 2021-Janny Sikazwe ‘could have died from heatstroke’

 Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe talked about the affair of the Tunisia – Mali scandal match, on behalf of group F.

Speaking to Zambian media on his arrival back home, he recounted to reporters instances where some referees could not return home from duty outside their country.

“I was lucky I didn’t go into a coma. It would have been a very different story.

“The doctors told me my body was not cooling down. It would have been just a little time before [I would have gone] into a coma, and that would have been the end.

“I think God told me to end the match. He saved me.”

Sikazwe clarified that the doctors who evaluated him after the match said he was left with a little time from the moment he ended the match before he could go into a coma. “And that could have been the end,” he said.

“This is how bad the situation was.” Sikazwe also said that he was shocked to hear from his colleague that he had prematurely ended the match as he was communicating with some people who told him to end the match.