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It's about time Nairaland have the haha reactions and others too

Sarsaparilla524:
CAF Reportedly Suspends Head Coach of Senegal, Pape Thiaw Over His Conduct during the AFCON2025 Finale.

More Details Coming.....

Senegal and Nigeria FA should petition CAF, FIFA and court of arbitration about the towel snatching incidence too. Make dem gather enough evidence.

BankyGee:
Moroccans have flooded Stanley Nwabali's Instagram comments section with monkey emojis and racist comments. Funny people.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3IVucUIKO0/?igsh=MWh2a2JzdjZwYjdxZg==

Person wey no send them. I trust him to give it to them back to back.

Truidstarr:
😂😂😂😂😂

Lol... Ozone na like my brother. I saw the post on his wall.

Now that the dust has settled, let's talk about the ref. Allowing that Senegal goal to stand might endanger his life. We saw what happened during that Algeria match.

Not giving that PK to Morocco might also put him in danger. Maybe just maybe he was torn in between two decisions.

Also, I feel if truly Diaz missed that penalty on purpose, he did well.

Sarsaparilla524:
My 10 Takeaways From AFCON 2025

1. This was Nigeria's best tournament in recent years. I don't even care that we didn't win it. The way we played, the intensity, the belief, everything about this team felt different. We actually looked like a team that knew what they were doing. Eric Chelle deserves all his flowers for that. I hope we keep him for some years more, and I pray he stays.

2. I really wanted Osimhen to win the Golden Boot as consolation for his "we die here energy in this tournament. But when I saw he wasn't included in the third-place match, my heart sank. I know it was probably because of his injury, but man, that golden boot would have been sweet.😋

3. The Morocco vs Senegal final was poetic most beautifully and tragically. The Senegalese team, who conceded a penalty and were visibly angry and heartbroken about it, so much so that they walked off the pitch, ended up saving the penalty, scoring a fantastic goal and winning the match. And then there's Diaz, who had been absolutely exceptional the entire tournament, carrying Morocco on his back, only to miss the most important penalty of his life in the final minute of the final. Football is a wicked sport.

4. About that disallowed goal for Morocco. Look, I agree the push on Hakimi was soft. Very soft. In fact, if we're being honest, it probably shouldn't have been enough to cancel the goal. But there was a push. The referee saw it, blew his whistle before the goal was even scored, so there was no way that goal was ever going to stand. VAR checked it, didn't see it as a clear and obvious error, so they didn't call the referee over. That's how it works. I understand the frustration, but the process was followed.

5. The penalty Morocco got for the pull on Diaz was the right call. I know Senegal fans and a lot of Senegal supporters from around the world are still vexed about it, but that was a clear foul inside the box. VAR saw it as a clear and obvious error, called the referee over, and he awarded the penalty. Even though I understand the emotional turmoil that followed, I didn't see anything wrong with the decision itself. Rules are rules.

6. Diaz should thank his stars he's not from Nigeria. Can you imagine a Nigerian player attempting a panenka in the final minute of an AFCON final? Against a goalkeeper known for saving panenkas because he doesn't dive anyhow? He for regret ever agreeing to play in this tournament at all. And the panenka was even weak sef. Like, bro, this was the time to kick that ball like your entire country was squeezing your balls. Not time for fancy football.
Imagine being that talented, carrying your team all tournament, only to fumble at the final hurdle with an arrogant penalty. It's heartbreaking.

7. Sadio Mane has officially earned his place among Africa's all-time greats. The man has done it all. Premier League winner. Champions League winner. AFCON winner twice. And the leadership he showed in that final when he started calling his teammates back to the pitch after they'd walked off in protest, and they all listened immediately, that's influence. That's respect. I love him so much, and I'm happy he won Best Player of the tournament.

8. I genuinely enjoyed this AFCON. I watched almost all the matches and didn't regret a single one. The quality of play was high, the drama was over the roof, and for once, it felt like African football was being taken seriously by everyone involved. The organisation was great. Officiating could use a little polishing though. But ultimately, this tournament delivered.

9. Egypt's journey to the semi-finals was impressive. They didn't play any fantastic football throughout the tournament, but they always found a way to win, and it got them far enough.

10. Finally, this AFCON reminded me why I love football. The highs, the lows, the heartbreak, the joy, the chaos. It's all part of the experience. And African football, with all its madness and challenges, is some of the most entertaining football in the world. Long may it continue.

#OzoneWrites
#AFCON2025

Are you Ozone? If you're not, please put #copied.

semid4lyfe:
The stadium stewards tried to steal Mendy towels like they did to Nwabali but a Senegalese player stopped them from doing so and the Moroccans pursued him.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSa8j9VRp/

These Moroccans are terrible people.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaLdEVxn/

This is Hakimi's own.

no chop am na host nation

Senegal
👇👇 👇👇

Eeyaahh

Spainever:
Victory for Senegal is victory for Nigeria lol 😂😆

As if no be green jersey Senegal wear for the match.

Our trophy is here...

Sifia pain 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Iyanu ti n chelleeeeee
Two more goals biko

Joebie:
I just pray Senegal win eventually.. e go pain them eh!!!

Even if they don't win, the message has been passed. CAF is run by cheaters. I'm so happy this happened in front of dignitaries outside Africa.

Bossoflife25:
He blew before the goal! That was not intentional. And the guy actually pushed Hakimi! So?

Na Hakimi push am... Why will he blow before the goal? Allow them score and check VAR.

Mane dey well so? Alaye, enter dressing room jor.

minfelix:
Senegal should have been EXTRAAAAAAAA careful at that moment naaaaa….this game was easily going to the extra time na

Bro... No vex me o. Which mumu extra careful? They scored a clean goal which was dubiously disallowed only to award a rubbish penalty to the host.

If they award that penalty, Senegal should just abandon the match. To think they didn't review that Senegal goal.

BascoVanVeli:
That was a clean goal. Nothing foul about what went down.

At all.. Very clean goal.

CornOak:
Senegal scores!

Damn, cancelled. ❌

Hakimi went down too easily there. Host advantage.

TheSuperNerd:
There is a third. Another moment, he is Ajala.

There's a fourth. Another moment, he is Daddy. 🤣🤣

lexyman:
its as if Mane is tired , Hakim came out to play.

They should bring in Sarr then

That's so gory... Oops.
I hope it's not serious

caprikon:
It appears the Senegalese have the best midfield on the continent. Morocco has struggled to stifle their forward transitions.

This is arguable. A midfield of Ndidi, Onyeka and Iwobi can go toe to toe with any midfield in Africa.

mostob:
Good news na good news

With the draw against Liverpool, Arteta is out of contention for this month's.

1 down... 🤣🤣
Sorry man

Odunayaw:
Is it not interesting how the tragedy of losing still came out beautifully.

Akor also purchased goodwill by his celebration after he scored that delicious goal

And we whoop those Algerians that mocked him. They should just go and confess to FIFA as a thank you gift for us. Kojubelo

BlueRayDick:

Only because you asked nicely pic.twitter.com/ahpiNRNhAT https://t.co/WJnwVdipV3

— Santi (@PeakSxnti) January 18, 2026

Rare clip of Havertz converting a chance similar to the one Gyokeres fumbled yesterday.

He even had like 3 defenders ahead of him. They better invite Dennis, Pires and Henry to come and lecture Brock Lesnar.

Spy360:
Someone like Eberechi Eze?

E easy to talk. Make Eze first bench Odegaard before you expect another low budget midfielder

Bro... I've said it here many times. Eze shouldn't be competing with Ode. Eze will be more effective playing from LW. He looks lost in the middle.

I don't know what you're really driving at but if it is somewhat related to defending Odegaard, I disagree. That our skippo is too weak. He needs to sit out for some time. Even if na Rogers, I won't mind.

Found out few days ago that the Arsenal women have been running their own documentary. I just finished watching episode 4 where they lifted the UCL. Anything to get over the disappointment of yesterday. True true, wetin man no fit do, woman fit do am better. Las las, na man dey do man.

Breaking News ❤️🥹🥹🥹

DRC Congo’s minister of Sports , Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga visited LUMUMBA and officially made him a brand ambassador of anything that has to do with sports . He will be given a car , an office and a house to live in .

The minister revealed that they saw how much sports can be used to foster national cohesion and make our people live together in peace .

Lumumba ‘s life has changed COMPLETELY.

#copied

Moniter0:
I think players should watch their utterances. Yes I know they want to appear "humble" sometimes but that doesn't mean they should write off themselves in the process. I'll use Osimhen's case as an example in this AFCON. Dude had an interview before the game against Morocco and he mentioned in the interview that Yekini is the greatest striker that Nigeria has ever produced and I wondered what about him that said it. This is the guy that would have equaled and maybe surpassed Yekini's record in this AFCON but guess what happened in the next game after he said it... He recorded no goal, and he could not feature in the game after. The Bible says "you're snared by the words of your mouth". Yes Yekini was a great striker and a football legend for Nigeria but so are you Osimhen! You can exalt Yekini and also acknowledge your greatness as well.
Chukwueze also said his game against South Africa was his best game of his life during an interview after the game against South Africa in 2019 AFCON, and he did not record any meaningful and commensurate impact in the rest of the games he played in that AFCON after that interview. It is one thing to say it is your best game yet, and it is another thing to say it is the best game of your life—which mean you're saying you can't have any game as good or better that the one you just had. Words doesn't know if you say something to make yourself feel "humble" or to impress people with it. It just goes into effect the way you said it and it may take saying the opposite of it to correct it.

I'm sorry to say this but i think you overthink. A lot of players have said something similar but still went ahead to achieve bigger things. You actually took their interviews out of context.

Just curious, what would you have said if you're in their shoes?

minfelix:
omo at this point i prefer Senegal…ehhn make them use Senegal talk down super eaglesno wahala..las las Senegal dey above us for ranking level, and we no get any beef against them…i prefer to see Senegal lift afcon over this fecking Ojorocco

Senegal na our brother. Na why we two dey wear green jersey. Even our second jersey na white. They should win today. I need Morocco people to go outside today, look up the sky and ask God what else they must do to win afcon.