From isolation to crowning… Details of 14 of the most terrifying minutes in the African final

and appointment Senegal It’s his second title, after an exciting final that saw a stoppage of almost a quarter of an hour in stoppage time.

The Senegalese players left en masse in protest against the awarding of a penalty to the hosts, seconds after denying a goal to the visitors that the “lions of Teranga” thought was correct.

With the exit, the game was stopped for about 14 minutes, while the team of … Senegalese fans in the square, causing conflicts with the security forces and injuring several of them.

Just as the game was about to be called off, the Senegal star played on Sadio Mane He played a very important role in bringing about the crisis, as he convinced his teammates of the need to get back on the field and resume the game, which he did. Ibrahim Diaz Morocco’s penalty kicks in a demonstration, but Senegal’s player Edward Mendy He dealt with it easily.

The two teams started to play in extra time, when Pape Gueye scored the goal of Senegal with a powerful shot in the 94th minute, when the players failed to … Morocco From the draw, his hopes of winning the championship for the second time in his career and first in 50 years were dashed.

This is the second time that the national team of Senegal has won the African Cup of Nations in the last three stages, after winning its first title in the 2021 continental competition in Cameroon, losing to Egypt.

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Mane is expected to lead the team in the absence of the suspended captain Kalidou Koulibalywho also missed out on the final after not participating in the 2019 final against Algeria.

As the match was about to break, Senegal coach, Pape Thiaw, led his players out of the stadium, saying that the match could be called off before kick-off.

On the other side of the stadium, the clashes continued, as security lines tried to prevent Senegalese fans from entering the stadium.

Although he did not score, Mane (33 years old) emerged as the hero of Senegal’s victory, as he managed to return his teammates to the field after his departure, in addition to the effort and danger he caused against the “Atlas Lions” goal.

Lamine Kamara said: “We knew that winning this competition was very important.

Reports say that the former French coach Claude Leroywho spoke to Mane on the touchline, told him that it was better for the team to resume the game.

It seems that the Saudi player Al-Nasr was convinced of this, as he encouraged his teammates to come back, and he assured them.

He added Camera“We were in the locker room. He was the only one who came in and he was shouting, shouting for us to go to the field and finish the game, and in the end he was right. We went to the field and listened to him, because if Sadio talks, everyone listens. We listened to him and in the end things went well for us.”

And he said the last thing Scorer of the match and coronation: “We felt it was unfair. We thought we should have had a goal, but the referee didn’t use video technology.”

Regarding Mane’s role, he added: “Sadio asked us to go back on the field, so we resumed our focus. Then Edouard blocked the ball, we kept our focus, got the goal, and won the game.”

It is worth noting that Mane said after scoring the winning goal in the semi-final against Egypt, this will be his last competition in the African Cup of Nations, knowing that he has participated in 6 matches and won two.