{"id":582,"date":"2026-01-19T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:39:13","slug":"senegal-beats-hosts-morocco-to-claim-2nd-afcon-title-in-dramatic-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/senegal-beats-hosts-morocco-to-claim-2nd-afcon-title-in-dramatic-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal beats hosts Morocco to claim 2nd AFCON title in dramatic final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Lions of Teranga secure victory with Pape Gueye&#8217;s extra-time goal after Mendy saves penalty deep in stoppage time <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Alperen Aktas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISTANBUL (AA) &#8211; Senegal won the 35th Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, defeating hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in a dramatic final marked by lengthy stoppage-time scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match at the 69 500-seat Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat ended goalless in regular time after a tense, tactical battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco were awarded a penalty in the 95th minute following a VAR review that ruled Senegal left-back Malick Diouf had fouled winger Brahim Diaz in the box. The decision sparked heated protests from Senegal players and led to a long delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When play resumed in the 24th minute of stoppage time, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy saved Diaz\u2019s Panenka-style penalty, sending the match into extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal finally broke the deadlock in the 94th minute when Pape Gueye struck the decisive goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The win secured Senegal\u2019s second straight AFCON title after their first triumph in the previous edition and denied Morocco a home-soil victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Lions of Teranga secure victory with Pape Gueye&#8217;s extra-time goal after Mendy saves penalty deep in stoppage time<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[87,90,89,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-afcon","9":"tag-morocco","10":"tag-senegal","11":"tag-soccer"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}