“Waking up was indeed very hard,” says Abdou, from Montpellier (Hérault). It’s just sad this image we leave. Before the final, there was this little background music that I didn’t like around Morocco, supposedly advantaged, or when we talked about the reception conditions for the Senegalese. For me, it is not linked to Morocco but … Read more
They had to go through all the emotions. Hope first, incomprehension and anger then, then finally liberation and the explosion of joy. This Sunday, Omar Sy and Mamadou Sakho experienced the final of the African Cup of Nations between Morocco and Senegal from the stands of the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat. A crazy … Read more
Back to home / Podcasts / CAN 2025: the chronicle of Joseph-Antoine Bell For our last meeting of this CAN 2025, Joseph-Antoine Bell, former goalkeeper of the Indomitable Lions and RFI consultant, looks back on Senegal’s victory in a final which unfortunately gave a very bad image to African football. Joseph-Antoine Bell was RFI’s consultant … Read more
The question crossed the minds of many followers. Author of a completely missed panenka at the end of added time this Sunday during the final lost by Morocco against Senegal, Brahim Diaz missed the opportunity to offer the Atlas Lions their first CAN in 50 years. After around fifteen minutes of interruption, the Real Madrid … Read more
This end of the match and this scene will undoubtedly continue to be talked about for a long time. And perhaps set a precedent in football history. Sunday evening, during the final of the African Cup of Nations in Rabat (Morocco), part of the Senegalese team, harangued by their coach Pape Thiaw, left the field … Read more
Fifa President Gianni Infantino on Monday condemned “unacceptable scenes” during the CAN final, blaming certain players and part of the Senegal staff who left the field for several minutes in the middle of the match. Senegal won the CAN final against Morocco in unprecedented chaos, after extra time (1-0). A penalty whistled in favor of … Read more
A youthful mistake. At the heart of tensions this Sunday during the CAN 2025 final between Senegal and Morocco, Ibrahim Mbaye, the young striker for the Lions of Teranga and Paris Saint-Germain, stood out by… sending a photo on Snapchat. Indeed, when the Senegalese players returned to the locker room to protest against the penalty … Read more
Stunning images. A few hours after Senegal’s victory and coronation in the final of the 2025 African Cup of Nations against Morocco (1-0 ap), countless videos from spectators or journalists present at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium emerged on social networks, testifying to the scenes of chaos that occurred in the stands during the final. … Read more
Excitement, anger, incomprehension, hope, then the explosion of joy. In Ziguinchor, the largest city in Casamance, the Senegalese can hardly believe what has just happened. After an intense, unpredictable and chaotic match, the Lions of Teranga won the final against the Moroccans (1-0), hosts of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), at the end of … Read more
We were just coming out of a surreal end to the match in this CAN final between Senegal and Morocco. A ludicrous quarter of an hour where the Senegalese left the field for a while after the penalty awarded to the Moroccans in stoppage time, ultimately missed by Brahim Diaz. Cold snap in Rabat, then … Read more