Overview
- Morocco meet defending champions Senegal in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat as the hosts seek a first crown since 1976.
- Brahim Díaz leads the tournament with five goals after starting all six matches, having scored in each of Morocco’s first five games.
- Regragui called Díaz a potential catalyst and stressed emotion management, saying the home side must relax under heavy expectations.
- The Spanish-born midfielder, persuaded to switch allegiance to Morocco two years ago, could tie Ahmed Faras’s single-tournament mark with a goal in the final.
- Díaz returns to Real Madrid with form and minutes after limited club action, with Álvaro Arbeloa now in charge following Xabi Alonso’s dismissal.