Desert Foxes Devour Lions Of Teranga In The AFCON 2019 Finals

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This was a match that was highly anticipated by most of us especially if you are from the continent of Africa. Personally, I had placed my bet on Senegal 2 days earlier before this match which means I'm actually writing this as a 'broken hearted man'.

I strongly feel Senegal should have done better than they have but then I also think they fairly tried.

In football, silly mistakes from players are highly punished. If players are reluctant and aren't really careful,the ball ends up at the back of the net. That is the punishment you get for not being too careful.

A simple example would be the Alfred Gomis mistake.This Senegalese goal keeper was lazy to go after the ball in the first 2 minutes which saw Bounedjah's second-minute deflected shot ending up at the back of Senegal's goal.

Alfred Gomis of Senegal must have assumed that the ball was in some kind of way going out of play and that explains why he didn't move or flinch. I also thought the ball was going out of play and to my surprise, i saw Algerian players and fans jumping up and down. It was a goal for Algeria and they were already celebrating.

In my mind I remained optimistic and thought there was still plenty of time for Senegal to equalize. For sure, Senegal kept on pressing and attacking Algeria until the 45th minute. Even though they were unable to score, I will admit I was impressed with Senegal's game-play in the first half and still had high hopes they would get a goal in the 2nd half. Afterall Senegal has been scoring most of the goals in the 2nd half in most of the matches in the AFCON 2019 competitions.

During the 2nd half of the match Senegal was showing a lot promise. They attacked and pressured Algeria from time to time creating really nice scoring opportunities but then it was proving really difficult to score.

Algeria were determined to protect the one goal and so they defended in numbers to the point of picking up so many fouls. It is so unfortunate Senegalese players really wasted golden opportunities to get not just a single goal but more than 2 goals.

When you take a look at the match statistics, Senegal was the stronger and favorite side to win this match. They had a possession of 63% with 12 shots 3 of which were on target. Algeria however had a possession of 37% with 1 shot which was the only one on target that managed to hit the back of the net. We could say Algeria were lucky but then they truly deserve to be the champs.

This is football and it;s all about what the final score reads. The other stats don't really matter. Goals are the real deal here.

And just like that Algeria are the new AFCON 2019 Champions. Congratulations to the Algerian coach and the entire Algerian team.

Congratulations to Senegal especially Aliou Cisse for bringing this team up to the AFCON 2019 finals. 2nd position is not that bad.The future is so bright for the Lions of Teranga.

Sad to see this mouth watering competitions held in Egypt come to an end but I will be looking forward to see more action from the teams that took part in the AFCON 2019 Competitions in the future.

God Bless You All!!!


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♥️ Information good, but no football taG brother 💖

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