Tensions mounted on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations final as Senegals coach Pape Bouna Thiaw criticised a lack of security for his players when they arrived in Rabat ahead of Sunday's decider and were mobbed at the city's train station.
The players had no security escort as they got off the train after a 90-minute trip on Friday from Tangier, where they had been based through their first six games of the tournament.
His remarks at the pre-match press conference on Saturday prompted one local journalist to try to defend Morocco's organisers, drawing howls of protest from Senegalese counterparts.