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Despite seeing Palace score 21 times in all competitions to help Palace lift the UEFA Conference League trophy, Sarr, more than most, will feel he has done something somewhere to offend the international sporting gods.
With the Afcon final locked 0-0 against hosts Morocco early in second-half injury time, it was his headed ‘goal’ from a corner that was disallowed by referee Jean-Jacques Ndala, who had blown his whistle moments earlier for a foul.
It was a very soft decision and Senegal was outraged.
Minutes later, with virtually no time left on the clock, Morocco were given the chance to destroy Senegal, Ndala following another corner to the pitchside monitor, while Brahim Diaz was unfairly handed to full-back El Hadji Malik Diouf.
D Chaos broke out at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium has blown a huge hole in the image of African football.
As I frantically tried to type my match report in the media tribune, head down, a BBC colleague repeatedly tapped me on the shoulder to point out things like rowdy fans, injured stewards being carried across the pitch and Senegalese players leaving it.
After a long delay, in which Sadio Mane was the one who led the team back from the dressing room, I put my jaw on the floor. Diaz missed a penalty in the 24th minute of added time. Dive into the grateful arms of Edouard Mendy panenca-style.
Senegal won the game 1–0 in extra time, only to see the Confederation of African Football’s Appeals Board Strip them of the title two months later. The case is currently at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with Senegal making a commitment “Crusade” to overturn the decision.
