Senegal Crowned AFCON Champions

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Wow, the AFCON finally has come to an end, it has been an amazing competition. Different African countries gave it all their best for the competition but sadly they can only be one winner. The AFCON final took place last night with Senegal going against Egypt. Mane and Salah meeting in the competition not as a teammate but as rivals competing for the trophy.

Senegal stats in the competition was good as they never lost a match. Having played six matches they were able to win four and draw two in the competition. While Egypt had luck running for them, out of the six matches they played won three, draw two which was won by a penalty shoot-out and lost one.

Senegal had more potential to win the cup than Egypt. This same team reached the finals in the last tournament but lost to Algeria, so seeing them reach the finals again I knew they were going to win it this time. Senegal is really phenomenal and who else better lead them to the final if not Sadio Mane who played well during the period of the tournament.

The final match between these two countries was intense, Senegal was gifted a penalty in the 7th minute/ I expected Mane to seize the opportunity but got denied by the Egyptian goalkeeper. Senegal saw another chance with a free-kick played into the Egyptian defence, a powerful header Farmara but it got cleared away.

Egypt also got their fair share of chances, Salah was also close to scoring a goal but was unable to find the net. Both teams failed to get a goal as the 90 minutes of football was played and had to go for extra time. Both teams still could not grab a goal in the extra time and so it went into a penalty shoot-out.

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The penalty shoot-out was something as Senegal keeper Mendy denied two Egyptian penalties. He was at his best. Mane took the last penalty for Senegal and scored a screamer beating the goalkeeper, emotion-filled the stadium as Senegal players jumped for joy it was really a beautiful moment.

I just knew Senegal was going to win it, Egypt had better luck next time they made it this far and went second and Cameroon as the third runner up after making an incredible comeback from a three-goal lead for Burkina Faso.

Congratulations to Senegal once again they deserve it. Thank you all for following me throughout the competition and for your support I appreciate a lot. Thanks for your time, bye.