The Africa Cup of Nations last resulted in chaos and controversy after Senegal gamers walked off the pitch in protest following a late penalty was awarded for Morocco.
Protests broke out when a spotkick was awarded within the eighth minute of stoppage time for a foul by , resulting in Senegal’s supervisor Pape Thiaw ordering his gamers off the pitch and into the dressing room.
Senegal had themselves seen a late winner disallowed in added time for a foul within the build-up, which solely added to the frustration and ugly scenes in Rabat.
Thiaw, 44, was visibly annoyed with referee Jean Jacques Ndala, who awarded a penalty after reviewing the incident on the VAR monitor, having earlier disallowed a aim for his aspect.
Crystal Palace ahead Ismaila Sarr had bundled the ball dwelling from shut vary, however the effort was dominated out following a foul by Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye on Achraf Hakimi.
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy initially walked down the tunnel, however later returned to the pitch as Sadio Mane urged his teammates to see out the match.
The sport didn’t proceed till the 112th minute of play, with Diaz, the person fouled which led to the penalty, stepping up earlier than lacking the prospect to win the sport by firing straight at Edouard Mendy in essentially the most unbelievable of circumstances continued.
Moments after coming again on, Mendy produced a superb save to disclaim Diaz’s tried panenka penalty.
Ndala introduced the match to a detailed shortly afterwards, earlier than Senegal broke the impasse 4 minutes into additional time by Pape Gueye to safe an extraordinary win for the Lions of Teranga.
