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VeeVeeMyLuv:
Senegal came out to play (offensive)
But Super Eagles Sat back (defensive)

Different approach
different result.

Not really, the key player in Morocco team being Hakimi could not move forward as he wished because Mane has finishing and pace and plays at the same wing where Hakimi is, so it would be a quick counter if hakimi goes forward to play and senegal gets the ball, they'll pass to mane thereby making it difficult for Hakimi to perform. That's why the first half, senegal had more possession and shots on target while Morocco had 0 shots. But the second changed that pattern, hakimi stayed back and allowed other players to make moves. In super Eagles case, lookman isn't as fast as mane and holds on to ball too much, so Hakimi had space to be overlapping, our coach didn't read that game properly if not, we would have won them

goody234:
How can a player deliberately miss a penalty ...stop that rubbish talk he thought he would be cheeky and try a peneka to rub it in the face of senegal and he messed up.

Stop this talk of "Agreed to miss" its just nonsense !!

Oga go and watch the replay of that penalty miss. How can your goal keeper save a penalty at 90+ minutes in that situation and there's no single excitement or adrenaline rush or energy or element of surprise on the faces of the so called beneficiaries of the 'penalty miss'. The Senegalese players were extremely casual and passive after the save which means they already knew the penalty was going to be be saved and that's what CAF used to persuade them to come back to the pitch to continue playing.

It was a deliberate miss to pacify Senegal and save face. Agreement is Agreement. Enye ndi ebe a, enye ndi ebe a

Revealpanda:
Who even made this OLISEH commentator

I de ask the same question since and nobody answer me o. Why Oliseh come de disgrace us like this? Must you run commentary? See, football commentary is a special profession and not just something you come out to do because you played football.

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Sirseedorf:
How can you say he missed the penalty on purpose, did he take bride from senegal or he hate is country, abi he wants to play fair as par holy person, some of una too daft abeg, in fact see the people i dey share country with tchaaai..

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Make dem sha no go kpai the guy coz I no trust the "North"

BEIN Sports should hire professional career commentators next time pls pls

Listening to Amokachi and Oliseh is an earsore

moneyest:
Oga go and watch the replay of that penalty miss. How can your goal keeper save a penalty at 90+ minutes in that situation and there's no single excitement or adrenaline rush or energy or element of surprise on the faces of the so called beneficiaries of the 'penalty miss'. The Senegalese players were extremely casual and passive after the save which means they already knew the penalty was going to be be saved and that's what CAF used to persuade them to come back to the pitch to continue playing.

It was a deliberate miss to pacify Senegal and save face. Agreement is Agreement. Enye ndi ebe a, enye ndi ebe a

Bros that was same thing i thought too, Diaz that we know won't have missed that penalty, he intentionally missed it. You dey observant

moneyest:
Oga go and watch the replay of that penalty miss. How can your goal keeper save a penalty at 90+ minutes in that situation and there's no single excitement or adrenaline rush or energy or element of surprise on the faces of the so called beneficiaries of the 'penalty miss'. The Senegalese players were extremely casual and passive after the save which means they already knew the penalty was going to be be saved and that's what CAF used to persuade them to come back to the pitch to continue playing.

It was a deliberate miss to pacify Senegal and save face. Agreement is Agreement. Enye ndi ebe a, enye ndi ebe a

That’s not possible as it’s totally against FIFA rules…

It would be match fixing and thats totally illegal…

And how can they agree within 10 minutes, a whole nation would sell the match?

The stadium was dead silent because the fans were heartbroken… do you expect them celebrating when they lost a penalty??

moneyest:
Oga go and watch the replay of that penalty miss. How can your goal keeper save a penalty at 90+ minutes in that situation and there's no single excitement or adrenaline rush or energy or element of surprise on the faces of the so called beneficiaries of the 'penalty miss'. The Senegalese players were extremely casual and passive after the save which means they already knew the penalty was going to be be saved and that's what CAF used to persuade them to come back to the pitch to continue playing.

It was a deliberate miss to pacify Senegal and save face. Agreement is Agreement. Enye ndi ebe a, enye ndi ebe a

Listen to yourself....did they also agree to concede and lose the match?

Something similar happened to Ghana in the World Cup with Asamoah Gyan

The penalty taker is under so much pressure

For those trying to shut us up for saying the penalty miss was deliberate, it has now gone viral, some people are of the opinion he missed it on purpose, while some it's not. Either way, everybody is entitled to his or her opinion. But don't try to shove your opinion down my throat and say I don't know football cus I say the miss was deliberate.
I have seen it happen before that's why I air my opinion. Below are such incident.
There's even one that Paolo Di Canio did when he was at West Ham, he deliberately stopped a goal bound attack of his team bcus the ref unfairly gave them advantage after an opponent was foul

Omoawoke:
That’s not possible as it’s totally against FIFA rules…

It would be match fixing and thats totally illegal…

And how can they agree within 10 minutes, a whole nation would sell the match?

The stadium was dead silent because the fans were heartbroken… do you expect them celebrating when they lost a penalty??

Not possible how, you think this will be the first time it has happened in football

There was no way the Eagles of naija could have withstand the Senegalese in that final, had it been that they qualified.

The Senegalese are the overall best as far as the concluded AFCON is concerned

spencekat:
Mendy did not do much. That kick was a stylish one.

He did..ooo!
It is not easy to remain unmoved during a type of penalty kick known as paneka.
Go and check how keepers normally falls yakayaka sitting on the ground and watching how the enter the goal.
Paneka no be small penalty style..oo.
So Mendy try ..oo my brother.

moneyest:
Oga go and watch the replay of that penalty miss. How can your goal keeper save a penalty at 90+ minutes in that situation and there's no single excitement or adrenaline rush or energy or element of surprise on the faces of the so called beneficiaries of the 'penalty miss'. The Senegalese players were extremely casual and passive after the save which means they already knew the penalty was going to be be saved and that's what CAF used to persuade them to come back to the pitch to continue playing.

It was a deliberate miss to pacify Senegal and save face. Agreement is Agreement. Enye ndi ebe a, enye ndi ebe a

God bless you real good for this your thinking. I have said the same many times here, but some people who thinks they know it all are insulting theirselves anyhow not me.

Kalulu44:
Not possible how, you think this will be the first time it has happened in football

How does this make this narrative of a final game ?

One that Morocco has been desperate to win in front of their home fans?
The one that they players even fought to get the Referee to review VAR?

0Brien:
What Senegal just taught Nigeria is that even if the world is against you, you can still win and triumph if you put in your best.

They didn't sit down blaming the ref and the whole world, even when they felt cheated. They still trooped out and gave their best.

Till now Nigeria is still blaming everything that moves for their loss

I hate it with passion when people write like this..

Tear down syndrome...

Senegal prepared both off the pitch and on the pitch...

Cos they saw what they did to Nigeria....

Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), wrote protest letters to the Confederation of African Football (CAF

That protest letter was the start of a psychological warfare putting pressure on CAF, the referees etc....

Senegal were well prepared psychologically for anything the Moroccans throw at them...

SE did well with based on the circumstances on ground....no red card...kept their opponent at bay for solid 120 minutes...

And got kicked out via penalty....

That's a decent outing...

Lzkdy:
There was no way the Eagles of naija could have withstand the Senegalese in that final, had it been that they qualified.

The Senegalese are the overall best as far as the concluded AFCON is concerned

Are you God to predict what you don't know?

nigeria sold out
dem pay now

kelmicheal:
After watching today's game it's still painful how nigeria lost to this same Moroccan team some few days back.
Senegal were able to silent the home crowd

Ekpekus:
The sanction Senegal go recieve after the match nor go be small...

E better make them chop am speaking out than keeping quiet in the face of such grave injustice by the Congolese Ref and S/A Mosepe

Ekaka14:
Panenka gone wrong...saved!!

na this kind heated match full of tension person go do paneka?

creolehunt:
If Senegal boycott the game, this will be a huge embarrassment and stain on African football.

Leave emotions aside, this is a penalty.

The Senegalese defender has himself to blame.

Wetin drag the match from 3 minutes added time to 7 minutes?

3kay945:
I just fell in love with this Mane guy..

Victor Osimhen needs to learn from him

Slippy:
BEIN Sports should hire professional career commentators next time pls pls

Listening to Amokachi and Oliseh is an earsore

Those are Supersport commentators
The lead commentator is Belgian but based in SA
Oliseh and Amokachi are unprofessional to the point it's scary
There are professional courses and trainings you undergo before you even run commentary on a professional game
Even bigger players than them attend those courses
It could have been worse tho
Imagine Ikpeba doing commentary

obonujoker:
Brahim Diaz - Top Scorer

Bounou - Best Keeper

Sadio Mane - Player of the Tournament

Happy For Mane...
That keeper na baller!

To burst ur bubble... Nigeria penalties shootout was arranged to lose!

Allegedly.
The arrangement was...fair play till full time and extra....but if the game enters penalty, you must allow morocco to win.

Go n check the shootout again...chukwueze just came on late and fresh legs had no chance to play that penalty that way.

Trust me, if the Final match had entered penalty shootout out...Morocco would win 💯
Fixes happen.

Allegedly

Omoawoke:
How does this make this narrative of a final game ?

One that Morocco has been desperate to win in front of their home fans?
The one that they players even fought to get the Referee to review VAR?

Honestly, yes they fought to get the penalty. But with how Senegal protested and wanted to abandoned the match (even though it would have cost them a ban) something have to give and I believe some arrangements was made to call them back. Did you see how the officials talked to Mane and how he talked to their ex player Diouf, who in turn was making a call. And how Many ran quickly into the dressing room to call back his teammates. To me it looks as if they were told what will happen.
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And to be honest again, If Senegal hadn't protested that decision and just accepted it immediately it was giving, Diaz or any other Moroccan player would have scored or tried to play it well and score. It's what it's sha. The conversation of whether he deliberately miss it or not will go on for a long time

rapcy:
Not really, the key player in Morocco team being Hakimi could not move forward as he wished because Mane has finishing and pace and plays at the same wing where Hakimi is, so it would be a quick counter if hakimi goes forward to play and senegal gets the ball, they'll pass to mane thereby making it difficult for Hakimi to perform. That's why the first half, senegal had more possession and shots on target while Morocco had 0 shots. But the second changed that pattern, hakimi stayed back and allowed other players to make moves. In super Eagles case, lookman isn't as fast as mane and holds on to ball too much, so Hakimi had space to be overlapping, our coach didn't read that game properly if not, we would have won them

I couldn't agree more
You are right absolutely esp about Hakimi vs Lookman & Mane.

Mane was more passionate and hungry, even though he was the captain.
Man was playing like those his younger years in Liverpool, fresh, no decline at all. Like when his star just started to shine (career start). Never seen anything like this before.

No bigmanism.

You guys are forgetting that Mendy was is a legendary world class keeper 😂😂

Former Chelsea FC Number 1 that won Champions league. He also caught Aguerro paneka penalty in 2021

Man won FIFA the best goal keeper that year! You guys have forgotten?

Pacesetter123:
He did..ooo!
It is not easy to remain unmoved during a type of penalty kick known as paneka.
Go and check how keepers normally falls yakayaka sitting on the ground and watching how the enter the goal.
Paneka no be small penalty style..oo.
So Mendy try ..oo my brother.

I've only seen Mendy catch two penalties and both are penaka. The first penalty was played by Aguero against Chelsea and Mendy caught the penaka. So, it's safe to say Mendy only catch penaka

Kalulu44:
Let me ask you too, is that how they play penalty. Goalkeeper hasn't even moved and you just played the ball to him. And talking about trying to chased the ball back or shooting arrow according to you, if really he deliberately or was told to do it, were you expecting him to make it show he did it on purpose.
After all we dey see person wey kill person, follow other people dey cry for the person wey him kill.
Like I said earlier, it's my opinion. And don't try to make me twist it or agree with you that

Goalkeeper hasn't moved keh ... Go and rewatch the penslty I'm slow motion again you'd see mendy even moved ahead of Diaz playing the ball and had to quickly track back due to the ball being slow .. if that penalty wasn't panenka, he's sending bmendy the opposite way .. go re watch..

Mane showed leadership with maturity.