00:00Beautiful Golden Ball for a Golden Trophy here in Morocco.
00:09FC Niklas Jackson from Bayern Munich and Ilyman Ndiaye from Everton.
00:15That is the lineup for Papetiao.
00:18Ayub Elkabi from Olympiacos in Greece and Brahim Diaz from Real Madrid.
00:25We're underway in the final.
00:30Morocco in the white with red trim against Senegal in the green with yellow trim.
00:34It is the final. History is set to be made.
00:36Africa, hold your breath.
00:39He scored the winner against Egypt in the semifinal to secure this final berth.
00:44And now Senegal have the early corner.
00:46Deep delivery. Back post and not too far away.
00:51The delivery was extraordinarily well played.
00:54Once again, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Bounou.
01:03Made moves in first France and then England.
01:09Lovely ball. Ilyman Ndiaye back on the park.
01:11A one-on-one. Bounou looks to close him down.
01:13Bounou makes a tremendous save in one-on-one situation.
01:16First in the world.
01:18Look at this defence splitting pass.
01:21He took his time, waited, eye on the ball and used every part of his body.
01:26Look at this.
01:26Yep.
01:26Coming into this tournament, he hadn't conceded since March last year.
01:32Only a penalty driven home by La Cincienayoko of Mali.
01:38On the opposite end, Hakimi takes short.
01:40Delivers in now.
01:42And it's sliced away by Jackson.
01:45With that, half-time is called.
01:48The referee says we are done.
01:49Jean-Jean Kandala, 38-year-old referee from Democratic Republic of the Congo,
02:02gets us underway in the second half.
02:04Goal is at the break between Senegal and hosts Morocco.
02:08For Morocco to win 49 years, 10 months and 5 days
02:13after they last claimed the crown in 1976,
02:17Bilal El-Khanouz delivering square ball and put wide by El-Kabi.
02:24And he knows it.
02:28What a play.
02:29Well struck, pinpoint, just in the running path of the striker,
02:33well played a ball.
02:36Bilal El-Khanouz, Brahim Diaz.
02:38Oh, he didn't need to open his legs.
02:41He didn't need to open his feet.
02:44Well, Brahim Diaz deliberately left that ball.
02:47I think he knew precisely where El-Khabi was.
02:51But a delightful ball, perfectly weighted.
02:55And El-Khabi...
02:57...goes by Al-Haji Malik Diouf these days.
03:02Brahim Diaz.
03:03El-Khabi, chance now.
03:07El-Khabi closed down, still alive.
03:10Back post and swept wide.
03:12How is it not happening for Morocco?
03:15And Papke.
03:17Hakimi prepares to feed.
03:23Back post.
03:25There to be struck, straight at Mendy, no harm done.
03:27That should be expected.
03:30It's been a full month, a whole month.
03:33Jackson overruns it slightly.
03:35Pulls it back.
03:36Mbaai, with a chance here for Senegal.
03:38Mbaai!
03:39He, Bruno, with arguably his best save of the tournament, somehow reaches one that was destined for the top corner.
03:51Well, that was a great play from Baai there.
03:53The way he was able to maneuver the opposition and put it on his left foot was well played.
03:59Well, his mother might come from Moroccan stock, but he is not in any way sentimental, it seems.
04:05Proudly representing Senegal and just inches away from giving Senegal a late lead in this game.
04:12Look at this.
04:14Back live.
04:15Morocco for a chance as Azuli.
04:17Tight angle.
04:18Hits it wide.
04:19Under very, very solid pressure.
04:22Not too far out, if you look at it once again.
04:25Especially this one.
04:29This is great, great goalkeeping by Bono here.
04:37Yasin Bono hasn't had many saves to make, but those he has made.
04:42Final minutes here.
04:44Opportunity to feed.
04:45Back post.
04:46He hit away by Djuk.
04:48Kept alive though.
04:50Tarkhalil.
04:53Hakimi.
04:57This is the earlier attempt.
05:01Well struck, really.
05:02El-Haji Malik Jouf might just have given Morocco an opportunity to claim it late on here.
05:13Referee still at the monitor.
05:17Behind him is all sorts of chaos and drama.
05:22Two technical teams coming together as he looks at the replay again and again.
05:27He's made his decision.
05:29He's made his decision.
05:33This could define history.
05:38Penalty.
05:41Robert roars.
05:43The final to get underway again.
05:51Brahim Diaz to give Morocco the lead.
05:53Chips up a Nenka down the middle and humiliatingly, Mendy saves it.
05:58Stays on his line, the opportunity gone, and maybe now we are going to go to extra time than the one they considered they might.
06:07Now this is on, this is, how do you explain this?
06:18Well, at the crisis, at the moment of crisis, at the dawning hour, Brahim Diaz tried to Penalty, it didn't fool anyone.
06:27We're going to extra time.
06:29And it remains goalless in this final.
06:40Hakimi, the captain, has it now.
06:44Well, like we said on the onset, it's all about psychology.
06:47How strong you are mentally.
06:49This is, this is it now.
06:52And here's a man who's got all the mental strength in the world.
06:55Maybe lost a yard or two of pace, Sadio Mane, but he inspires an attack.
07:00Senegal thrust forward.
07:02Pogge!
07:07Sensational, stellar, supreme Senegal.
07:11Maybe an extra time, they've produced the moment.
07:15And it's Pogge with his third of the tournament.
07:17Senegal score their first ever goal in an African Cup of Nations final.
07:26And it is utterly outstanding.
07:30Mane-inspired build-up.
07:33Pogge finishes with aplomb.
07:35And Senegal lead as the Lions of Taronga roar loudest in Rabat.
07:41What a strike.
07:43Look at this.
07:50It's still by Sadio Mane.
07:53This is a total complete counterattack.
07:57And the way he strikes it, he was even...
08:00Go for another balance when he struck the ball.
08:03Was still able to keep the ball.
08:08Yes, Elia Mique.
08:09Well, they have no choice now.
08:12The Americans now have to go.
08:14Chance, baby.
08:15Brahim Diaz!
08:16Straight up, Mendy.
08:17Plucks it out of the air brilliantly.
08:20Because they don't want to go into defensive mode.
08:22They come unless...
08:23Tarhalin into Ezra Zouli.
08:26Here's Salaheddin.
08:27Ezra Zouli sprinting away from SEC.
08:30Looks for a delivery.
08:31It's decent and the header is just wide.
08:34Argonizingly so for Enes.
08:35Thinking about the whistle in his mouth, potentially, because he pops it in now and signals half-time in extra time.
08:49And this will be with that quality penalty that sent Morocco through at the expense of Nigeria in the shootout at the semi-finals.
08:56Change for Senegal.
08:58Jouf is off and Ismael Jacobs is on.
09:02Stands ready to take.
09:06Delivery.
09:07Header!
09:08And Woodwork in a way.
09:09Still alive, though.
09:11Scrambled to safety.
09:12Pinball now.
09:13Elia Moui straight into his teammate.
09:15Another chance.
09:16And again deflected away.
09:18And Abai threatens to go on the transition ball.
09:20Oh, it looks like, it looks like he got the hand.
09:27It's straight on.
09:28Looks like he got him.
09:30And this is unlike what we've seen from the fans as well.
09:33Some have vacated their seats now.
09:37Delivery through.
09:38Great chance!
09:39And Bonou saves!
09:40And then swept wide by a man who scored twice on the bench already in this tournament.
09:45has so many other influential attributes and moments in the game.
09:49Oh, but look at, look at, look at this.
09:51Look at this.
09:52Oh.
09:53Great goalkeeping.
09:55Quality.
09:56Quality.
09:57He got, he got another touch on that.
10:00That helped steer that wide.
10:02Di was looking to play it onto it.
10:04And he flicked it just enough.
10:05Look at that.
10:06To perhaps put it onto the heel.
10:08Was enough to somehow create that moment that will live long in the Senegalese memory.
10:14if it proves to be the decisive one in this final.
10:18Again, powerfully struck.
10:19Bonou again makes a save.
10:22Now, for the corner.
10:24And once again, Bonou is there.
10:27What would they do without this man?
10:28And once again, Iskay unleashing with tremendous venom.
10:35Fortunately for Bonou also, it just was central this time.
10:38The final whistle and Senegal seal.
10:44A sensational success.
10:47Sadio Mane becomes only the third player ever to win multiple AFGOT titles
10:52to go along with multiple Cap African Men's Player of the Year awards.
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