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The Africa Cup of Nations final between Senegal and Morocco will be talked about for a long time as it was a match where everything happened and the missed penalty by Brahim Diaz caused a huge uproar.
The penalty was taken more than 20 minutes after it was awarded because Senegal had left the field in protest and the Real Madrid player made the most ridiculous mistake, choosing to take it with a Panenka-style free kick with Mendy easily receiving the ball.
A penalty so ugly that many thought he did it on purpose. 'He sacrificed himself to save the Africa Cup of Nations', some wrote. 'He made a mistake on purpose for security and public order reasons', others said. But to understand how all these suspicions arose, one must take a step back.
In the 90th minute, the referee disallowed a Senegal goal for an earlier contact between Sek and Hakimi and then awarded a highly questionable penalty in favor of Morocco. After several minutes of tension on the pitch, Senegal returned to the locker room in protest, only Mane remained on the pitch and chaos erupted; fans entering the pitch, brawls, chairs flying and even waist belts. All in the eyes of Infantino who strongly condemned what happened. Mane asked his teammates to return to the pitch so that Brahim Diaz could take the penalty.
At this point, the cameras focused on Brahim Diaz talking to his teammates with his hand over his mouth, and so rumors began to circulate about a possible agreement between him and Mane with the striker who would bring the team back onto the field and Brahim Diaz would miss the penalty to play honestly in extra time. Suspicions grew even more after a gathering of Morocco before the execution of the 11-meter penalty and the fact that the Senegalese did not celebrate after the easy save by Mendy.
But Brahim Diaz was devastated after the mistake and was in tears when Infantino handed him the Golden Boot of the competition. Moreover, the words of the Morocco coach make you think that there is really no agreement. ' The image we gave Africa was a bit embarrassing. When a coach asks players to leave the field like what Pepe Chau did, it does not honor Africa. It is not a class act, but he is the African champion so he has the right to say whatever he wants. Surely what happened made Brahim Diaz lose concentration' - were the words of the Morocco coach
But only Brahim Diaz knows the truth of all this, what remains is the disappointment of a country, Morocco, that has been waiting for an Africa Cup of Nations trophy for 50 years.
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