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00:00Well this is one of those matches that is filled with entertainment and quality without necessarily
00:11producing any goals. Now Massina, this doesn't look good for Massina.
00:17Hakimi saying time to change the player. So they're going to have to make a defensive switch
00:25out of Massina down. Like Elkabi who has just been substituted off for Morocco.
00:34When you consider their stories Elkabi who rose from a carpenter's bench when he left school at 15 to
00:42become the great penalty area predator that he is. He built his dream with calloused hands trying
00:48to support his family and he's chasing glory for Morocco tonight and for Massina as well as El Yamiq
00:54gets the jersey on. A man who suffered great loss when his mother died shortly after he was born.
01:01He was displaced. He has suffered disappointment. He was given a second chance by being adopted in Italy
01:08and now he's providing leadership and defensive steel for a Morocco side on the brink of something
01:16glorious. He has crossed continents and identities and now he's part of this composed heart that is
01:24not seen a goal in open play in 10 months of international football. Unbelievable.
01:30I mean different journeys but same destinations for so many players and I could say the same about
01:36Senegalese players. I mean when you consider Sadio Mane played barefoot ball on the Bumbley streets in years
01:42gone by and how he's gone by and how he's now risen to lift an entire nation. He's gone from grief to
01:49resistance into destiny and he's shared his success so marvelously with all around. He's built schools
01:57and hospitals and hospitals and mosques, post offices, other infrastructure as well and provided such hope for communities.
02:06So the substitution takes place. Adam Asina off injured, the Torino man and he leaves the field
02:13with a face that tells the story of massive disappointment. There are tears in his eyes.
02:22On in his place, Jawah Del Yamik. Roman Saiz still sits, came into this tournament with a bit of an injury.
02:30Struggled with that injury in the opening game.
02:32That should be expected. It's been a full month, a whole month.
02:39Jackson overruns this slightly, pulls it back. Bye with a chance here for Senegal. Bye!
02:47Bruno, with arguably his best save of the tournament, somehow reaches one that was destined for the top corner.
02:56Oh, that was great play from Bay there. The way he was able to maneuver the opposition and put it on his
03:04left foot was well played. His mother might come from Moroccan stock, but he is not in any way sentimental,
03:10it seems. Proudly representing Senegal and just inches away from giving Senegal a late lead in this game.
03:18Look at this. Back live, Morocco for a chance as Azouli, tight angle, hits it wide under very,
03:26very solid pressure. Abdoulaye Sek driving it wide. Both teams trying to win this now. They don't want
03:34to go to the extra time and they want to try to knock it in, to nudge it. Not too far out if you look at it
03:40once again. Especially this one. This is great, great goalkeeping by Bruno here.
03:53Yasin Bono hasn't had many saves to make, but those he has made have been stellar. Two tonight,
04:00that full stretch. Full stretch. Right boot to deny Iriman Jai in the first half and then this one to
04:07deny Ibram Mbaye in the second half. Keeping Morocco in this final. Eight minutes of additional time
04:14as we hit the 90-minute mark in the stadium. Still, the Rabat crowd is roused. Senegal,
04:21pile forward. Timely touch from El Yameek, steers the ball away from danger. Two players were waiting
04:28behind him, Jackson and Mane. If he didn't touch that ball, I think it was going to be wrong.
04:37corner kick. Illinois continues to battle away.
04:48Well, it's kind of like the Senegalese are really putting, piling up the pressure now,
04:53trying to make the difference now. I think they are taking a bit more control of the game.
04:57Could it be that finally, physically, the Moroccans are struggling? It looks like it.
05:07It's been a long, old tournament. Is there some success for Senegal to come late on?
05:16Morocco wins 120 minutes in their semifinal against Nigeria. Senegal needed 90 to beat Egypt.
05:22Delivery, woodwork, and it's in! Senegal with a goal!
05:31Sensational for a moment. The referee signals wait.
05:36Was there a push? Was there a shove?
05:39I think there was a push. That is going to be called back and not allowed.
05:55The foul on Hakimi and the referee calling it correctly, it seems. Senegal in disbelief.
06:03As is to be expected.
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