Overview
- Pape Gueye scored four minutes into extra time to defeat host Morocco at Prince Moulay Abdallah Stadium.
- Ismaïla Sarr’s 92nd-minute strike for Senegal was ruled out for holding as the match stood 0-0.
- A late penalty awarded to Morocco around the 97th minute led Senegal coach Pape Thiaw to order his players off the field in protest.
- Play resumed after a lengthy stoppage, and Brahim Diaz’s panenka was saved by Édouard Mendy to preserve the deadlock.
- Senegal secured its second continental title as debate focused on late officiating by a referee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.