Overview
- Pape Gueye struck in the 94th minute to seal a 1-0 victory and deliver Senegal’s second Africa Cup of Nations title.
- Referee Jean-Jacques Ndala awarded Morocco a stoppage-time penalty after a VAR review for El Hadji Malick Diouf’s tug on Brahim Díaz.
- Senegal coach Pape Thiaw ordered his team off the field in protest, causing a halt of roughly 14–20 minutes before play resumed.
- Édouard Mendy saved Díaz’s attempted Panenka when the match restarted, sending the final to extra time.
- An earlier Senegal goal by Ismaila Sarr was ruled out for a foul, and the match at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium saw confrontations and crowd disorder as Morocco’s 50-year title wait continued.