Senegal win chaotic AFCON final after walking off field in penalty protest
“Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1-0 in a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations finaldespite walking off the pitch before the final whistle in protest at a refereeing decision. Deep into stoppage-time at the end of normal time, Morocco were awarded a controversial penalty after Senegal defender El Hadi Malick Diouf was adjudged to have fouled Brahim Diaz in the penalty area, following a Video Assistant Referee check. Senegal’s fury was compounded by the fact that referee Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo had ruled out what they thought was their winner minutes before in another contentious call in Rabat. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
Pape Gueye fires Senegal to Afcon glory against Morocco after walk-off chaos
“This had been, by general agreement, the most predictable, least dramatic Cup of Nations in living memory. And that was true, until injury time in the final, when a video assistant referee decision contrived to produce perhaps the most ludicrous finale to any major final in history. Senegal won it, but that is a tiny detail in the denouement that erupted. There was a walk-off in protest, a missed Panenka and a brilliant winning goal from Pape Gueye. When the final whistle went, players from both sides collapsed to the turf. For Morocco, extending the 50-year wait since their last Cup of Nations, this was agony. …”
Guardian – Jonathan Wilson
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