This Sunday at 19 hours GMT, Senegal and Morocco meet to play in the final of the African Cup of Nations at the Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat. A shock that had been announced from the beginning of the competition by many observers. The two teams, with almost similar courses throughout the tournament, held their rank to reach the last act.
Strong defensively, effective in key moments and driven by talent-rich staff, the Teranga Lions and Atlas Lions have confirmed their status as the best teams of this CAN. But if the trajectories are similar, the final always obeys different rules. Here, the past form counts less than the ability to manage pressure and moment.
Morocco, African champion in 1976, and Senegal, crowned in 2021, share the same ambition: to win a second continental star. For Senegalese, it is a question of confirming their status and of entering into history in the long term. For Moroccans, the goal is to reconnect, in front of their audience, with a coronation expected for half a century.
In a context of strong popular fervor and historic stakes, this final promises an intense duel between two major nations of African football. This Sunday evening, at the final whistle, only one of them will write a new golden page of its history.
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