Pape Gueye was named Man-of-the-Match after his rocket helped Senegal to win the thirty fifth Africa Cup of Nations, Softfootball studies.
The Terenga Lions beat Morocco 1-0 after 120 minutes to win Africa’s greatest competitors. After the sport ended goalless after 90 minutes. The Villarreal midfielder stepped up within the first half of additional time to attain a terrific shot previous Yassine Bounou in purpose for the host.
Asserting the award on its official X deal with, CAF celebrated the midfielder as one of the best participant on the night time after he scored the profitable purpose. They posted:
Pape Gueye wins the TotalEnergies Man of the Match within the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2025 ultimate. 🇸🇳🌟
Pape Gueye has been an immense determine for Senegal on the 2025 AFCON, scoring targets and breaking apart performs with aggressive tackles and incisive passing. He was very concerned within the semifinals the place Senegal beat Egypt 1-0 to achieve the finals.
Senegal stopped Morocco, who was bidding to win the Africa Cup of Nations for the primary time in over 50 years. However they met an excellent Terenga Lions workforce with the likes of the very spectacular Pape Gueye.
After shedding within the ultimate in each 2002 and 2019 editions of the AFCON, Senegal lastly received the trophy in 2021, beating Egypt on penalties to win their first ever Africa Cup of Nations.
