The head coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, called the behavior of the players and coach of the Senegal national team in the final of the African Cup a disgrace.

In the final, the Senegal team beat the Moroccan team with a score of 1:0 in extra time. In the eighth minute added to the second half, the referee awarded a penalty against the Senegal team. After this, most of the Senegalese players left the field at the request of the head coach, but then returned after the persuasion of the team’s forward Sadio Mane. In the 24th minute of added time, Moroccan national team midfielder Brahim Diaz kicked the penalty kick into the center of the goal – goalkeeper Edouard Mendy caught the ball.

“If we look at this match, the image of Africa that we created is somewhat disgraceful. When a coach asks his players to leave the field… You must always maintain dignity in both lost and winning matches.

What the head coach of the Senegal national team did was not worthy of Africa. It’s not pretty, but it doesn’t really matter; He is the champion of Africa, so he has the right to say what he wants. We stopped the match in front of the whole world for at least ten minutes.

In the end, it was a Hitchcockian scenario with that last-second penalty that could have won us the title. This is unfortunate for the Moroccan people. We can talk about this for hours, but the team will come back even stronger. For some of us, and for me personally, this was the chance of a lifetime,” RMC Sport quotes Regraghi as saying.

The Senegalese coach decided not to participate in the press conference.