Overview
- Morocco face Senegal in Rabat on Sunday seeking a first Africa Cup title since 1976.
- Brahim Díaz enters the final as the tournament’s top scorer with five goals in six matches, having scored in each of Morocco’s first five games before a 0-0 semifinal that was won on penalties.
- Coach Walid Regragui highlights Díaz’s mentality and playmaking as essential and stresses managing emotions for a team carrying host-nation expectations.
- Díaz, born in Spain to a Moroccan father, switched allegiance in 2023 after being courted by Regragui and federation president Fouzi Lekjaa, and has become a focal point for the Atlas Lions.
- Despite limited club minutes under former Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso, Díaz is set to return to Madrid with Álvaro Arbeloa now in charge, a shift his coach says he will meet by competing for his place.