{"id":251812,"date":"2026-01-18T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:28:07","slug":"senegal-take-glory-after-chaotic-scenes-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251812\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal take glory after chaotic scenes in final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a \u2060penalty awarded against them before returning to beat hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra-time and win the Africa Cup of Nations amid farcical scenes in Sunday&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Pape Gueye netted the 94th-minute winner after Morocco\u2019s star player Brahim Diaz had squandered the chance to win it for the home side by fluffing the last-gasp penalty in normal time following a 14-minute delay amid chaotic scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw ordered his players off and it was talisman Sadio Mane who persuaded them to return.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty was awarded following a VAR \u2060check by Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala after Diaz had been tugged to the ground \u2060by Senegal full back El Hadji Malick Diouf while defending a corner kick five minutes into stoppage \u2060time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senegal's Pape Alassane Gueye celebrates his goal with team mates during the Africa Cup Of Nations Final match between Senegal and Morocco at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0023c2ab-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nSenegal&#8217;s Pape Alassane Gueye is mobbed after his decisive goal<\/p>\n<p>Officials and players \u2060jostled with each other while the referee consulted the touchline screen and then again when Senegal walked off.<\/p>\n<p>Once the players returned to the \u2060field, Diaz inexplicably tried a Panenka-style chip and his soft penalty effort sailed tamely into the arms of Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s actions will be seen as a major blight on an otherwise successful tournament although defeat continues Morocco\u2019s poor record in the tournament, which they only previously won 50 \u2060years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a \u2060penalty awarded against them before returning to beat hosts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-251812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}