Senegal has emerged the winner of the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON 2021 after beating Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the finals of the competition played in Cameroon.
Both teams played goalless draw for 120 minutes before resorting to penalty kicks.
Senegal’s Sadio Mane earlier lost a penalty awarded in the fifth minute of the encounter.
Meanwhile, Egypt’s goalkeeper, Mohamed Qotb Abou Gabal Ali, also known as Gabaski, who made several saves for his team emerged the Man of the Match while Top Scorer was Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon with Six(6) goals.
Goalkeeper of the Tournament was given to Edouard Mendy of Senegal and the Player of the Tournament was given to Sadio Mane of Senegal.
