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To some of us this is a disgraceful act, something that we never want to see in a game
And if I'm honest with you, I think a lot of us all agree that this should never ever happen in the final
I think it's ruined a lot of reputation throughout AFCON
But there's one thing that we need to understand, some of us may agree that it was them fighting back against the refereeing decision
Some may disagree, but to Senegal this was just habit
This is something that they always do and you're probably thinking but what we've never seen this before because you probably never watched AFCON
For decades upon decades, this is habit for Senegal, this is something when they don't agree with, they lash out
In 2013, Ivory Coast was playing Senegal, this is actually the second leg and it was decided to go to the African Cup of Nations
And Drogba, the legend himself, actually played in this game and he scored two goals and the penalty happened
Right after the penalty happened, ironically, it then got abandoned
Now you're probably thinking why would a match get abandoned after a penalty happened, right?
Because Senegal kicked off, they didn't like the fact that Ivory Coast got the penalty and they knew for a fact that that's it
It was the end for the Senegal team to get to the African Cup of Nations
So they erupted, they did exactly what they did in this African Cup of Nations and they didn't like the decision
So what happened? The fans caused chaos, they kicked off, they ran on the pitch
And then Senegal actually got disqualified from the next African Cup of Nations, so they weren't allowed to participate
Again, this isn't something new, this is habit
And another example, with 1-0 win to Tunisia against Senegal
Senegal were actually playing the home nation, Tunisia
Tunisia actually got to the final, played Morocco and Tunisia won and Morocco accepted and went home
And Senegal didn't, what happened was Tunisia scored and again, what happened?
Senegal didn't like what they saw, they didn't like to be 1-0 down and potentially out the African Cup of Nations
So they screamed and yelled
As you can see, I'll ask you of her, he was a legend for Senegal, kicked off, wasn't happy, he was booting things out of the place
People had to hold him and resist him down because he wasn't happy with the decision
And as you can see with the Tunisian players and managers, they wanted to get away from this situation
They were the home nation, they were embarrassed of what was happening
Senegal then kicked off, they weren't happy with the fact that they could potentially be getting out of the African Cup of Nations
Again, this isn't something new, this is habit
And as you can see here, as it says from the information
That when the goal was awarded, the Senegal team went berserk, players and coaching staff stormed the pitch
Confronted the referee, which exactly happened in this year
And even the security guard had to come in and restrain people
Again, nothing new, habit
So before you tell me that this guy did it for football, they weren't happy with this decision
No, this is common to the Senegalese people
These are common to the Senegalese team
They weren't happy with potentially losing a match because of a referee decision
So what do they do?
They do what the normality is to them
Their habit is that they go berserk, they try to bring everyone down
If they don't win, then they have to make sure that nobody wins
This is normality in AFCON
I am absolutely disgraced by this
I do not see this as a trophy win
Whatever happens from here onwards is a disgrace
But we need to realise that only one man started this
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