In a bold move to restore order to the beautiful game, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Wednesday that the infamous Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final between Senegal and Morocco will be replayed via Zoom, following what officials called “the world’s first soccer match to require a United Nations peacekeeping mission.”

The match, originally described by analysts as “twenty-two men, two nations, and at least sixty-seven red cards battling for supremacy,” resulted in CAF handing out over $1 million in fines, a ban for Senegal’s coach Aliou Cissé, and at least six players from both sides being sent to what insiders have dubbed “the Sin Bin of Shame.”

CAF President Patrice Motsepe told reporters, “After careful review, we concluded that refereeing from the cloud is less hazardous than actually setting foot on the pitch. By default, all participants will be muted, and the video function will be available only during penalty shootouts.”

Senegalese midfielder Mamadou Diop expressed disappointment. “It’s not fair. I didn’t even get to finish overturning the VAR monitor before I was red-carded,” said Diop, who plans to appeal the ban with a PowerPoint presentation titled ‘Why I Should Be Allowed to Play, Part 1 of 9.’

Moroccan captain Youssef El Bahri commented, “The real crime was that the snack table ran out of couscous by halftime. We all lost control.”

Meanwhile, FIFA has reportedly offered to mediate with a “group chat” and GIF-only communication protocol. The replay is scheduled for next Thursday, bandwidth permitting.