As expected, the final of the African Cup of Nations was particularly tense. The best illustration in these lunar scenes shows that the penalty awarded to the Moroccans after the vision of the VAR falls on Brahim Diaz.

A few moments earlier, the match referee had already angered the Senegalese camp by calling a foul in the Moroccan area as Ismaïla Sarr was preparing to score. The sequence was dramatic and the frustration was such for the Lions of Terranga that they preferred to leave the pitch to go to the locker room, encouraged by their coach. An attitude that Walid Regragui, the Moroccan coach, did not accept.

“ The image on a data of Africa is honest. Asking your team to leave the field is classy, he declared at a press conference. Tonight, Senegal are champions, congratulations to them. But what Pape Thiaw did was not classy. On a watch from outside the world. »

Pope Thiaw particularly angry

But Walid Regragui did not wait to appear in front of the microphones to attack Pape Thiaw. At the end of the meeting, the handshake between the two men gave rise to a great moment of tension.

If he gave his counterpart a hug, Pape Thiaw apparently initially refused to shake the hand of the former Toulouse player, a member of the Senegalese staff reminding him of his obligations. The Dakar native will have his own execution, but Walid Regragui will refuse it, and there will be many other improvements to the ear. Pape Thiaw preferred to turn on his heel, visibly annoyed.