{"id":690,"date":"2026-01-19T08:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:09:33","slug":"senegal-crowned-african-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/19\/senegal-crowned-african-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal Crowned African Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Senegal secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Morocco in the 2025 AFCON final at Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papa Gueye nearly gave Senegal the lead in the fourth minute but Morocco\u2019s goalkeeper showed up, pulling off a stunning save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen minutes later, Ismael Saibari was set up by Neil El Aynaoui but the forward wildly placed the ball off the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 38th minute, Illiman Ndiaye found himself with only the goalkeeper to beat but once again, Bounou pulled off a stunning save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the stroke of halftime, Noussair Mazraoui made a timely block to deny Lamine Camara of any sight on goal at the edge of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming from the dressing rooms, Morocco looked the sharper side, throwing boarding upfront but failing to get past the well-organised Senegalese backline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayoub El Kabbi put a clear chance to waste in the 58th minute after guiding the ball wide of the area with the goal at his disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With two minutes to halftime, Ibrahim Mbaye beat his marker but his curling ball was parried away by goalkeeper Bounou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Abde Ezzalzouli was set up by Mazraoui but his final effort went slightly above the crossbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was tension as the referee awarded Morocco a penalty after a VAR check. Senegal\u2019s fans tried to force their way into the area of play but were halted by security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the chaos, Brahim Diaz stepped up to the ocassion but his effort was comfortably saved by Edourd Mendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In extra time, Papa Gueye broke the deadlock. He weaved past his markers, thus unleashing a powerful effort in the top corner of the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 10 minutes to play, Cherif Ndiaye blew out a clear chance, placing the ball off the target with an empty net at his sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In extra time, Papa Gueye broke the deadlock. He weaved past his markers, thus unleashing a powerful effort in the top corner of the net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}