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[hahay]

I think Senegal deserve to be champions because they dominated the game from start to finish and also, Senegal have good goalkeepers and forwards at the moment. Yes, Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane are two people who started their careers full of struggles, I think they deserve to win in this tournament to bring their country to AFCON title maybe for the first time. Also, I don't forget about Salah, his struggle to bring Egypt to the final match must be appreciated, and hopefully in the future Salah will be able to give titles to his country as well.

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[asus09]

It was a really great match at the highest world level. A real feast for soccer fans. A huge amount of emotions and great competition. Both teams showed that in the world championship they can compete with the best teams.

Congratulations to the winners and, above all, to the goalkeepers of both teams, because they showed amazing skills today!

You could say this is the fiercest and tightest African Cup final, both teams were able to show their best game, as well as the goalkeepers of both teams, both Mandy and Gabaski, were able to display brilliant saves, the Liferpol duo, Moh Salah and Mane clashed sharply even though there were no goals. created until extra time, the game had to be continued with a penalty shootout, until finally Senegal won their first title at AFCON, after 2 runners-up in 2002 and 2019, congrats to Senegal and big respect of Egypt.

[Slow death]

it was an excellent game, but unfortunately my multi bet was totally lost, i can't believe i lost all games, in this senegal game i also lost a bet because they ended in a tie and with that i lost my bet. then I lost a bet on the Serie A games, then I lost a bet on the bundesliga game. this was definitely a bad weekend for me

hopefully in the future Salah will be able to give titles to his country as well.

in my opinion this was a great and unique opportunity for him, I don't think there will be another opportunity for him to be in the final and be champion

[Iranus]

it was an excellent game, but unfortunately my multi bet was totally lost, i can't believe i lost all games, in this senegal game i also lost a bet because they ended in a tie and with that i lost my bet. then I lost a bet on the Serie A games, then I lost a bet on the bundesliga game. this was definitely a bad weekend for me

Yesterday was a bad day for gamblers like us. My bet though was just to win Senegal. I won the bet. However, in the Bundesliga match between Dortmund and Leverkusen, I bet on a draw. I lost this bet. However, in La Liga, the match between Sevilla and Osasuna, my bet was in favor of Sevilla's victory. They shared the points. Favorite teams could not win, so we lost the bet.

[3meek]

I'm not surprised the match ended in a goalless draw in regulation time... Well, the penalty shoot-out was more luck than skill... To be honest, I expected Senegal to win the championship, they looked better than Egypt, if Mane had converted the penalty, but he rehabilitated himself at the end!

[Dunamisx]

To be honest I never thought Egypt could make it this far considering the way their match started, their strategies and the most annoying is the they play too defensive and as for Senegal, thumbs up! They have proven o show themselves approved and worth desiring for the win, they strife for it and achieve it, fantastic play throughout the full time while the penalty kick is a game of luck on its own, but destiny will always win as Senegal already make it to the last. Congratulations!.

[Slow death]

it was an excellent game, but unfortunately my multi bet was totally lost, i can't believe i lost all games, in this senegal game i also lost a bet because they ended in a tie and with that i lost my bet. then I lost a bet on the Serie A games, then I lost a bet on the bundesliga game. this was definitely a bad weekend for me

Yesterday was a bad day for gamblers like us. My bet though was just to win Senegal. I won the bet. However, in the Bundesliga match between Dortmund and Leverkusen, I bet on a draw. I lost this bet. However, in La Liga, the match between Sevilla and Osasuna, my bet was in favor of Sevilla's victory. They shared the points. Favorite teams could not win, so we lost the bet.

I bet on Dortmund and they lost in a humiliating way, they conceded 5 goals, unbelievable and I lost my bet. I bet on inter and they also lost, I bet on atalanta who also lost and I bet on senegal that also ended in a draw. I lost all my bets. it was a very regrettable week, losing has so many games and a lot of bad luck

[Cryptock]

I'm not surprised the match ended in a goalless draw in regulation time... Well, the penalty shoot-out was more luck than skill... To be honest, I expected Senegal to win the championship, they looked better than Egypt, if Mane had converted the penalty, but he rehabilitated himself at the end!

It is true that the game was great and both teams did their best. However, even excluding Mane's failed penalty kick, Senegal could win the match in 90 minutes. They had more dangerous situations and all the statistics say they were the better team. They deserved to won the championship and I'm glad that the penalty kicks after extra time did not change that.

[KTChampions]

I think Senegal deserve to be champions because they dominated the game from start to finish and also, Senegal have good goalkeepers and forwards at the moment. Yes, Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane are two people who started their careers full of struggles, I think they deserve to win in this tournament to bring their country to AFCON title maybe for the first time. Also, I don't forget about Salah, his struggle to bring Egypt to the final match must be appreciated, and hopefully in the future Salah will be able to give titles to his country as well.

I agree, this is a fair victory, especially if you remember that this is the fourth African Cup final for Senegal and they lost in the previous three. Unfortunately, the final was not as enchanting as the match for third place, but in general I am satisfied. And yes, Senegal is one of the few teams that showed an adequate and interesting game throughout the championship, so the first place is deserved for them.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I think Senegal deserve to be champions because they dominated the game from start to finish and also, Senegal have good goalkeepers and forwards at the moment. Yes, Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane are two people who started their careers full of struggles, I think they deserve to win in this tournament to bring their country to AFCON title maybe for the first time. Also, I don't forget about Salah, his struggle to bring Egypt to the final match must be appreciated, and hopefully in the future Salah will be able to give titles to his country as well.

I agree, this is a fair victory, especially if you remember that this is the fourth African Cup final for Senegal and they lost in the previous three. Unfortunately, the final was not as enchanting as the match for third place, but in general I am satisfied. And yes, Senegal is one of the few teams that showed an adequate and interesting game throughout the championship, so the first place is deserved for them.

Senegal's performance throughout the tournament was excellent. On the other hand, Egypt's luck was very good so they reached the final. The whole party is dependent on Salah. And their game strategy is very bad. They play a lot of defensive. Which is very annoying to enjoy. I like the gameplay and performance of teams like Cameroon and Senegal in comparison.

[Naficopa]

I think Senegal deserve to be champions because they dominated the game from start to finish and also, Senegal have good goalkeepers and forwards at the moment. Yes, Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane are two people who started their careers full of struggles, I think they deserve to win in this tournament to bring their country to AFCON title maybe for the first time. Also, I don't forget about Salah, his struggle to bring Egypt to the final match must be appreciated, and hopefully in the future Salah will be able to give titles to his country as well.

I agree, this is a fair victory, especially if you remember that this is the fourth African Cup final for Senegal and they lost in the previous three. Unfortunately, the final was not as enchanting as the match for third place, but in general I am satisfied. And yes, Senegal is one of the few teams that showed an adequate and interesting game throughout the championship, so the first place is deserved for them.

There is no doubt that Senegal was the better team in this match and fully deserved the title of champion and I congratulate them for that. I liked the performance of both teams, but I think that despite the Egyptian defeat, their goalkeeper was the best player of this game.

[SirLancelot]

This season's champion of AFCON is Senegal. I am happy because they have become champions. They deserve it. I don't like the way the Egyptian team plays. They played very defensively entire the tournament and as usual, they played defensively in the final too. Very boring gameplay. Their target was to draw the match by playing defensively and beat Senegal in the penalty shootout. But Senegal's goalkeeper played well, with Senegal scoring in four of the five penalty shots. They played great throughout the match, as well as in the penalty shootout.

This was 33rd edition of this AFCON and first win for team Senegal which was full of some very talented and skilled players this was very bore match as Egypt were going with their own way of defensively in entire tournament, and they never try to have some better way of play which hurt them in this last match because Senegal goalkeeper done some better job instead of Egypt.

When Mane missed penalty there were some good chance for Egypt, but they hold nerve and done good job until end of extra time and in penalty shoot-out Senegal take their first win in this tournament and end Egypt's hope for having all knock out matches from shoot-out for this tournament. Egypt is still leading table with 7 wins in this tournament as they are dominant country here in this region for very long time.

[Gozie51]

This was 33rd edition of this AFCON and first win for team Senegal which was full of some very talented and skilled players this was very bore match as Egypt were going with their own way of defensively in entire tournament, and they never try to have some better way of play which hurt them in this last match because Senegal goalkeeper done some better job instead of Egypt.

Senegal goalkeeper done some better job instead of Egypt.

How do you mean that . For yesterday's match, the Egyptian keeper did a marvelous goal keeping to safe all the attempts made by Senegalese side, he prevented to score even the hot penalty kick by mane. He deserve the award given to him honestly because he was outstanding in the Egyptian team that couldn't locate their bearing including Salah.

Cudos to the Senegal side for a wonderful outstanding and crawning it with the winner of Afcon for the first time. I saw Salah really not happy with the defeat from his team mate side

Moreover, did anybody notice Salah telling the keeper something in the ear before mane played the penalty that was pointed out by the keeper ?

Could it be that Salah told the keeper the likely direction his team mate (mane) would shoot to ?

[Boristhecat]

This season's champion of AFCON is Senegal. I am happy because they have become champions. They deserve it. I don't like the way the Egyptian team plays. They played very defensively entire the tournament and as usual, they played defensively in the final too. Very boring gameplay. Their target was to draw the match by playing defensively and beat Senegal in the penalty shootout. But Senegal's goalkeeper played well, with Senegal scoring in four of the five penalty shots. They played great throughout the match, as well as in the penalty shootout.

Egypt played according to the old Italian scheme. But I don't see the point in blaming them, as they achieved a good result and failed to become champions only because of the penalty shootout, which many consider to be a simple lottery.
By the way, how Salah advised his goalkeeper to take the penalty (which was during the game) was a very cool episode and probably had a strong moral impact on Mane.

[izsara]

The Senegal team became the 15th national winner of this competition. The team should be congratulated for winning their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations trophy. Normally, Egypt wants to win another AFCON title by penalty kicks, but not this year. Egypt's goalkeeper put in a remarkable performance tonight. I give him a lot of respect. Even though Senegal won the game, you can't deny Gabaski's great performance.

Actually, in this match I feel that they both played great and indeed both teams went all out, and that was proven by those who couldn't score a single goal in regular minutes and extra time so they went on a penalty shootout.
But the mentality does show because it is certain that being a penalty taker is not an easy thing. Lasheen and Abdelmonem missed penalties in Egypt which made it difficult for them and it was exploited by Mane who became the winner for Senegal.
I also really appreciate Mane's mentality here because he failed in the first Penalty attempt and I don't think he will advance as Executor but he came back and avenged the first mistake in the regular round.
Congratulations to Senegal on his great achievement now

[zuzie]

The match are according to my prediction that Egypt playing slightly defensive and several times get opportunities to scoring goals from counter attack but so far Senegal defense playing well and the score does not change until extra time and Senegal players has been showing up good mentally during penalty kick that they can score 4 goals from 5 penalty kicks and history has been made by them by becoming the champion of the african cup for the first time

Normally the two teams will be more careful when playing in the final a little mistake can harm their team unless one of the teams score  then the game will change more aggressively unfortunately there are no goals until last minutes. Egypt is usually good in penalty but somehow this time they fail to do it maybe this is a Senegal day.

[Rruchi man]

Before this thread gets locked, let's take some time out to reflect and  evaluate the successes and flaws of this years AFCON hosted by Cameroon. Do you see the just concluded AFCON as a huge improvement from the others we have seen? in what ways to you think the tournament can be made better before it is hosted again for the second time  by Ivory Coast in June 2023?

[Pokapoka124]

I must congratulate both teams for how far they came, I didn’t see it coming at the start of the tournament. When the competition started I was thinking maybe Nigeria or Cameroon because they looked more dangerous during the group stage of the AFCON. Sadio Mane missing a penalty at the 7th minute changed the game entirely and and both team really played well and tried to win it, both defenses and keepers were incredibly and Senegal were the better side as we’d have expected because Egypt have been playing defensively in previous games. Sadio Mane gave it all in this competition and I think he deserves to win.

[Masplanc]

Before this thread gets locked, let's take some time out to reflect and  evaluate the successes and flaws of this years AFCON hosted by Cameroon. Do you see the just concluded AFCON as a huge improvement from the others we have seen? in what ways to you think the tournament can be made better before it is hosted again for the second time  by Ivory Coast in June 2023?

Honestly,  this year tournament  is this best ever of all . Their is an improvement that is why many people followed it up. The performance of some teams like Nigeria, Egypt,  Cameron,  Senegal was interesting and it impressive.  This drew the attentions of fans to follow up the AFCON tournament to see who the winner will be.

[Naficopa]

I must congratulate both teams for how far they came, I didn’t see it coming at the start of the tournament. When the competition started I was thinking maybe Nigeria or Cameroon because they looked more dangerous during the group stage of the AFCON. Sadio Mane missing a penalty at the 7th minute changed the game entirely and and both team really played well and tried to win it, both defenses and keepers were incredibly and Senegal were the better side as we’d have expected because Egypt have been playing defensively in previous games. Sadio Mane gave it all in this competition and I think he deserves to win.

I didn't bet on this match because I had no idea who could win. If it were a league match, I would most likely bet on a draw. Before the game Egypt seemed to me that have potential to win, but Senegal was also very dangerous at all stages of the tournament. This match verified everything and there is no doubt that Senegal was the better team and fully deserved to win.