Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier angrily confronted match officials after their match ended.
Tunisia's football federation has written to the confederation of african football complaining about their game with Malian ending 13 seconds early.
The referee of the Tunisia was said to have suffered sunstroke and blew early.
He whistled for full-time after 85 minutes, only to realize that he had made a mistake.
Hussein Jenaieh, an official with the FTF, said that they would defend the rights of the national team.
"We are adults."
Kais Reguez confirmed that Tunisia's complaint was confirmed when asked about it.
"As long as the file is in the hands of the committees, we can't speak out," Reguez said.
The fourth official was set to take charge of a failed attempt to restart the game after the match referee had to go to the hospital.
Tunisia did not show up since some of their players were taking ice baths.
The referee had sunstroke, which affected his decisions in the game. The weather was so hot that he needed to go to the hospital.
Algeria blamed their display on the heat in Africa after their draw with Sierra Leone.
The Confederation of African Football said on Thursday that it was waiting for more information from the match officials.
The body said that it was forwarding the documents to the bodies of the organization. "Cf is not in a position to make further comment until the responsible bodies indicate the way forward."
A farce was involved.
Tunisia, the 2004 champion, knew that they were likely to face a young and vibrant Mali side in the tournament.
They were stunned when the referee blew for full-time after they were behind by just five minutes.
The Malian player was sent off in the meantime, but the clock showed 89 minutes and 47 seconds and the game was over.
The coach's post-match press conference was interrupted as it was announced the game would have to be re-start, which it never did.
Tunisia defender Bilel Ifa told reporters that they had no idea what was happening.
We hope the match is not played again. The referee had no idea what was happening.
Tunisia's assistant coach was angry with both the incident and the potential damage to the African game.
Tunisia's assistant coach Jalel Kadri told reporters that African Football cannot move forward like this.
The referee was shaking. He didn't know how to get to the VAR and was hesitant to check it.
There was full-blown chaos.
The backroom staff of Tunisia remonstrated with Sikazwe after he blew for full-time.
At the World Cup in Russia and Nations Cup final, the official from Zambia took charge of the matches.
The chaos that followed from the 85th minute onwards was explained by his sunstroke.
Kadri said that they were in shock after the 85th minute.
The fourth official said there was miscommunication between him and the main referee. We resumed the match after he whistled again in the 89th minute.
The fourth official agreed that the game still hadn't ended, according to the FTF official.
It was the second time the referee stopped the game early.
The fourth official said the match would resume, but the main referee blew the whistle and the game was over.
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