U-17 AFCON: Senegal Defeat Morocco To Win Gold

Senegal scored twice in four minutes to bounce from a goal down and beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch their first ever TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations title in the finale at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers.

Skipper Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal had given Morocco a 14th minute lead, one they kept until the 79th minute when Serigne Falou Diouf scored a VAR awarded penalty.

Sawane towered the entire defence to head home four minutes later, completing the hard-earned victory for the Teranga Cubs.

Senegal have now won a third consecutive continental title within four months, their team of local based players having won the Africa Nations Championship (Chan) title in February at the same venue of their conquest on Friday, while they also won the U20 Afcon title in Egypt in March.

Their senior national team began the continental dominance last February when they clinched the Afcon 2021 crown then continuing with an Afcon Beach Soccer title later in the year.