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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy for the first time after beating seven-time champions Egypt 4-2 on penalties in Cameroon on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The match had ended 0-0 after 120 minutes, with Senegal missing chance after chance including a first-half penalty miss by Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n

South African referee Victor Gomes pointed to the spot after Saliou Ciss was chopped down by Mohamed Abdelmonem.<\/p>\n

Mane drilled his shot slightly to Abou Gabal\u2019s right, but apparently, Mohamed Salah, Man\u00e9\u2019s Liverpool teammate, had told him which way to dive.<\/p>\n

Man\u00e9 had also missed against Kenya and Uganda in 2019 and the decisive kick in the quarter-final shootout against Cameroon in the quarter-final in 2017.<\/p>\n

It seemed Egypt had the upper hand going into the penalty shootout as Senegal had twice lost in the finals before while the former had won their last six shootouts.<\/p>\n

Abou Gabal had already saved five penalties in the tournament.<\/p>\n

Abdelmonem\u2019s penalty kick pinged off the inside of the post but Senegal\u2019s advantage was immediately cancelled out as Bouna Sarr\u2019s effort was saved by Abou Gabal.<\/p>\n

But when \u00c9douard Mendy saved from Mohanad Lasheen, suddenly the advantage was back with Senegal and it was all down to Man\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool forward, who had converted one late against Zimbabwe in the group stage, drilled his shot low and extremely hard to his left and Abou Gabal could not get down.<\/p>\n

And, Kalidou Koulibaly became the first Senegalese player ever to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy for the first time after beating seven-time champions Egypt 4-2 on penalties in Cameroon on Sunday night. The match had ended 0-0 after 120 minutes, with Senegal missing chance after chance including a first-half penalty miss by Sadio Mane. 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