US EditionSenegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial penalty for host Morocco
- On Sunday, Pape Gueye scored in extra time to give the Senegal national team a 1-0 win over Morocco national team , securing their second Africa Cup title.
- After a VAR check, Jean-Jacques Ndala awarded a stoppage-time penalty to Morocco, while the Senegalese Football Federation had earlier complained about security and ticket access from the Moroccan hosts.
- A 14-minute stoppage paused the match while organized Senegalese fans clashed with stewards and police, then Édouard Mendy saved Brahim Díaz's penalty after play resumed.
- The 69,500-capacity Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium emptied quickly after the final, Pape Thiaw's post-game press conference was canceled amid shouting, and Morocco's defeat is a demoralizing blow as a 2030 World Cup co-host.
- Amid criticism of security and officiating, the final exposed tensions over refereeing and VAR controversy after a disallowed Senegal goal and penalty decision, with Morocco coach Walid Regragui calling the image `rather shameful` while rejecting favoritism claims amid October protests and Moroccan government investments.
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Morocco and Senegal pledge to stay friends and boost trade after Africa Cup soccer tensions
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Morocco, AFCON, and the controversies that trailed Africa’s biggest football event
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The Star Kuala LumpurSenegal's PM calls AFCON final incidents 'deplorable'
RABAT, Jan 26 : The incidents that occurred during the African Cup of Nations final between Morocco and Senegal were "deplorable" and "painful", Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said on Monday. His comments came ahead of possible sanctions by the Confederation of African Football against his national t
Senegal goal hero admits AFCON final walk-off was ’a mistake’
Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations hero Pape Gueye admitted that his team's walk-off in the final against hosts Morocco was a "mistake", in an interview with French television on Sunday. Gueye, who scored the only goal of a controversial final in Rabat, also thanked Senegal star Sadio Mane for persuading the team to come back from the dressing room and finish the match. Morocco were awarded a late penalty in normal time just moment after Senegal ha…
"We can be wrong" but "we came back to the field," said Sunday, January 25 in Telefoot Pape Gueye, the Senegalese scorer of the final of the African Cup of Nations against Morocco (1-0 a.p.) a week ago. The final of the CAN was interrupted at length after a penalty was granted to the Moroccans after the additional time in the second period. Furious, the Senegalese left the field, contesting the mistake whistled by the referee for a slight push o…
A week after a CAN 2025 final waver between Senegal and Morocco, last Sunday in Rabat, beIN Sports unveiled the content of the lively exchange between the two breeders, Pope Thiaw and Walid Regragui after the referee's decision to whistle penalty for the Atlas Lions at the...
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