VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOS FROM AFCON FINAL RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: RABAT, MOROCCO (JANUARY 18, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL OF REFEREE AWARDING A PENALTY TO MOROCCO 2. STILL OF SENEGAL DEFENDER, EL HADJI MALICK DIOUF, TO CONCEDING PENALTY FOR HIS CHALLENGE ON MOROCCO'S BRAHIM DIAZ 3. STILL OF SENEGAL'S PATHE CISS ARGUING WITH MOROCCO'S NAYEF AGUERD AND BRAHIM DIAZ 4. STILL OF SENEGAL CAPTAIN, IDRISSA GANA GUEYE, CALLING HIS TEAMMATES TO LEAVE THE PITCH IN PROTEST OF PENALTY DECISION 5. STILL OF MOROCCO GOALKEEPER, YASSINE BOUNOU, REACTING AS FANS INVADE THE PITCH 6. VARIOUS (FOUR) STILLS OF SENEGAL FANS INVADING PITCH AND CLASHING WITH SECURITY 7. STILL OF SENEGAL FANS BEING REMOVED FROM PITCH BY SECURITY 8. STILL OF REFEREE SHOWING A YELLOW CARD TO SENEGAL GOALKEEPER, EDOUARD MENDY, AFTER RETURNING TO THE PITCH 9. STILL OF MENDY IN GOAL BEFORE DIAZ'S PENALTY 10. STILL OF DIAZ TAKING A PANENKA PENALTY THAT WAS SAVED 11. STILL OF DIAZ BEING SUBBED OFF AFTER PENALTY MISS 12. STILL OF FIFA PRESIDENT, GIANNI INFANTINO, IN THE STANDS BEFORE KICK OFF 13. STILL OF SENEGAL MIDFIELDER, PAPE GUEYE, SCORING THE WINNING GOAL IN EXTRA TIME 14. STILL OF GUEYE CELEBRATING 15. VARIOUS (TWO) STILL OF SENEGAL FORWARD, SADIO MANE, CELEBRATING AFTER FINAL WHISTLE 16. STILL OF MOROCCO PLAYERS LOOKING DEJECTED 17. STILL OF SENEGAL PLAYERS, INCLUDING ILIMAN NDIAYE AND NICOLAS JACKSON, CELEBRATING WITH FLAGS 18. STILL OF CAF PRESIDENT, PATRICE MOTSEPE, HOLDING TROPHY NEXT TO INFANTINO 19. VARIOUS (TWO) STILL OF TROPHY LIFT 20. STILL OF MANE HOLDING TROPHY 21. STILL OF SENEGAL HEAD COACH, PAPE THIAW, AND DEFENDER, KALIDOU KOULIBALY, HOLDING TROPHY 22. STILL OF INFANTINO COMFORTING DIAZ AFTER HE WAS PRESENTED WITH TOURNAMENT GOLDEN BOOT 23. STILL OF INFANTINO 24. VARIOUS (THREE) STILLS OF ACTOR, IDRIS ELBA, PERFORMING BEFORE KICK OFF 25. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF STREAMER, ISHOWSPEED, BEFORE KICK OFF STORY: Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a penalty awarded against them before returning to beat hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time and win the Africa Cup of Nations amid farcical scenes in Sunday’s (January 18) final. Midfielder Pape Gueye netted the 94th-minute winner after Morocco’s star player Brahim Diaz had squandered the chance to win it for the home side by fluffing the last-gasp penalty in normal time following a 14-minute delay. Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw ordered his players off and it was talisman Sadio Mane who persuaded them to return. The penalty was awarded following a VAR check by Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala after Diaz had been tugged to the ground by Senegal full back El Hadji Malick Diouf while defending a corner five minutes into stoppage time. Officials and players jostled with each other while the referee consulted the touchline screen and again when Senegal walked off. Once the players returned to the field, Diaz inexplicably tried a Panenka-style chip and his weak penalty sailed tamely into the arms of Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. Senegal’s actions will be seen as a major blight on an otherwise successful tournament, although defeat continued Morocco’s poor record in the tournament, which they only previously won 50 years ago. (Production: Amr Abdallah Dals, Siphiwe Sibeko, Conal Quinn) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
