Celebrations erupted across Dakar on Sunday night after Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title in a penalty shoot-out over seven-time winners Egypt.
It was Sadio Mane who stepped up to make history for the West African nation in Cameroon’s Olembe Stadium, scoring the penalty that secured his team’s 4-2 victory in the penalty shoot-out. to make history for the West African nation on Sunday at the Olembe Stadium in Cameroon’s Yaounde, and banished the memories of the team’s 2019 failure when they lost the final to Algeria.
Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig watched the match with fans in the Senegalese capital Dakar.
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Excellent
Congratulations from Egypt to Muslim brothers in Senegal
I wish I experienced this feeling in the last Euros but England 🏴 lost in the final 👎🏾
Congratulations Senegal! 🇸🇳 ⚽️ 🏆
As an Egyptian
The feeling stinks
@Football4Life
But Egypt have won it numerous times England haven’t won anything major in almost 40 years
No party in the country of the scamming medieval 10bound(pound) desert cave man 😂😂😂
Congratulations. Well deserved
Congratulations to Senegal for defeating Jewish enemy country Egypt👍🏻
@Bobren 98 What I said is a fact though. Senegalese people do hate Israel and support Palestine. I was just replying to the top comment thinking that Senegal support Israel or something.
@R R You’re probably right. And since you claim to be senegalese you definitely know better than me because i’m not senegalese.
@R R senegal is one of the best governed country in african southern sahara. May Allah grant senegal more prosperity and stability.
@Dante war I was waiting for your true racist insecure personality to show itself
@Abdikadir Abdisalan Thanks brother! Barakallahu fik
I am really glad for my Senegalese brothers to win .
From Afghanistan
We appreciate it brother 🙏🏾
@A Doogie 🙏🏼
Mo Christmas outshined by Sadio Mané.
Mo passover🤣
I am so proud of and happy for Senegal. Inshallah my brothers you will have amazing success in the future
Am really happy that they won…my fav international football team… Senegal…am gonna support Senegal in Qatar wc too❤️❤️
Thank you. RV Qatar Godwilling. We are so proud of our team ❤
Wonderful! 💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾💚💛❤
We are all Africans so let’s cerebrate both our brothers because they are both heroes.Congratulations
@MLM PRO In every single country you will find racist bigots. Ain Shams is one of the worst places in Egypt due to the backward mentality of the people there. It is disliked by most Egyptians as many other places, but for you to say Egypt is one of the most racist countries, when so many Senegalese were celebrating in the streets on my way home the night of the match is a bit of a stretch. Those who are racist deserve to be burned in my opinion because even in my religion Islam and as we are a Muslim majority country, Belal, the first caller of the prayer was black, and that is a huge place in the Muslim world. If i was you i’d hate the country as well, but you’ve only met the bad unfortunately for you.
@Dante war fair point.
@MLM PRO so you’re generalizing a whole country because of a minority.
Smh uneducated people
By that logic Every single American is racist
@Piye Sankara return what??
@Football4Life how do you know that it’s only a minority? I stated my personal experience where I lived. I have friends who lived across the country and our experiences are similar. I’m not even interested in engaging you in a mature disclosure, that’s probably asking too much from you.
Omg their going crazy! love the energy haha
Congratulations Senegal!
You shall NOT be revelers. Every person like you will imagine themselves a victim in the time of retribution. Die. In. Your. Sins.
Big ups Senegal💯❤️💛💚
Everyone has 6 packs
Congratulations Senegal
የት ናቹሁ ኢቶፖዉያን ?congratulations 💚💛❤️
Congratulation Senegal
Am really happy for Senegal, from ur Egyptian brothers
We appreciate it bro and encourage you you guys did well in this tournament
Thanks man! Appreciated, well played
I celebrated as if i am Senegalese, love from 🇪🇹
Covid coming soon
Not gonna happen, you don’t understand African diet,herbs and spirituality.
Viva Senegal!!!
From Ethiopia
Love from Somalia.
Congrats for Senegal!
😃😃😃😃
Congratulations Senegal from Ethiopia!!
Great result, well done Senegal.
💯
congratulations Senegal
🇪🇷💚❤️💛💙🇪🇷
This was a befitting victory for Senegal
congratulations The lions of Teranga
Congratulations Senegal really deserved to win 🏆 Afcoon title.
Somalia 🇸🇴
If Macky Sall was at the game in Cameroon or in Senegal, the lions would’ve probably lost.
News, media, sport, films, series, social media, games are all distractions made to keep you distracted from the suffering in the world. Face it, deal with it. Don’t give into the matrix.
Wow,this was a huuuge match and huge event ,a showpiece of African football that it has now come of age.With the construction of state of the art stadiums,Africa can now make noise with AFCON,next one in Ivory Coast will be held in brand new modern stadiums,its gonna be lit.
Congratulations
This is how football give happiness to an entire country 👌
😂😂😂😂congrats well-deserved guys did us🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉, Africa, proud
Abou gabal gabaski was using sorcery look at the water bottle he was holding he was literally talking to the water bottle having written the senegalese players name.
Congratulations! Greetings from Italy!
Looks as if they were celebrating a scientific breakthrough!!
Shut up go watch something else … your a very sad guy
🐷🐷🐷🤡🤡
Congratulations
Football is great but some people go a bit too crazy on it sometimes kinda scary when places aren’t prepared for energy fans can bring in.
thyr both hero’s
but i was supporting cameroon 😅
🇸🇳❤️🇳🇬
The real deal champions of Africa Senegal 🇸🇳 from the Gambia 🇬🇲 one love
Congratulations Senegal🇸🇳 from INDIA 🇮🇳
Proud of my country
Congratulations Senegal on the well deserved victory.
That man on the hood of the car 🤣😂
Love to see this. Congratulations Senegal 🇸🇳
Am from Uganda, thx Senegal, we support you so much.congulatulations
Ugandans we support Senegal, you are always heroes,long live
They don’t have covid 19 there?
Congratulations Senegal.
Congrats from Nigeria…
Congrats👏 👏 👏
Senegal deserved it, for sure the boys were mature,
Ma shaa Allah 🇺🇬
The white cameran is awkward
I am a Cameroonian and I can truly tell you I prayed for them to win the final.
What an exuberant mood,congratulations senegalese you deserved it.
Congrats to Senegal from india …. They played really well throughout t tournament. Deserved Champions
Well done
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳✨✨
Goosebumps 😍😍😍😍
They really deserved it
Well done Senegal!! 🇵🇪🇺🇸
it’s plain to see to have love for your people, country, tongue, customs, history etc is LIBERATING…
Good to see people are enjoying
Congratulation senegal
Congratulations my African brothers- from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Congratulations Senegal 🇸🇳🏆
Well deserved 👏
Best African team playing good football at the moment……..90% of the first team are starters in Europe. Young coach………supportive president. I don’t see a decline anytime soon.
And with all this kind of celebrations and excitements, someone there in Europe is preferring AFCON as “a little tournament”.