"The hosts were given a contentious penalty in the eighth-minute of added time after VAR deemed that El Hadji Malick Diouf had fouled Díaz in the box. It led to a fracas between both sets of players and saw Senegal players walking off the pitch in protest on the instruction of their coach Pape Thiaw and came back on after a 14 minute delay."
"When a head coach asks his players to leave the pitch, when he's saying things that already started in the press conference [before the match, when Senegal accused Morocco of unsporting tactics] ... he needs to stay class, in victory as well as in defeat. What Pape [Thiaw] did tonight doesn't honor Africa. He's an African champion now, so he can say what he wants, but they stopped the match for over 10 minutes."
A VAR-awarded penalty in the eighth minute of added time sparked a confrontation and a protest by Senegal, who briefly left the pitch on their coach's instruction before returning after a 14-minute stoppage. Brahim Díaz waited 17 minutes to take the penalty and chipped it into Édouard Mendy's hands. Senegal later won the match with Pape Gueye's extra-time winner, ending Morocco's run despite Díaz finishing as Golden Boot winner with five goals. Morocco coach Walid Regragui said the long delay disturbed Díaz, criticized the pitch exit as damaging to African football, and urged moving forward.
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