AFCON 2025 final: Pape Gueye highlights the injustice | OneFootball

Pape Gueye

The lone goalscorer of the AFCON 2025 final, Pape Gueye, also had the courage to address the sense of injustice felt by the Senegalese during the match.

The wild sequence at the end of regulation time in the AFCON 2025 final left a tainted image in the eyes of the world. The referee awarded a penalty to the Atlas Lions. Frustrated, the Senegalese players headed to the locker room before returning to the pitch, rallied by their captain Sadio Mané. It was a dramatic moment, and the midfielder and sole scorer of the match, Pape Gueye, reflected on it.

"What we felt was injustice. Right before, there was a foul for us, and the referee decided not to check the VAR. Anyone would have been frustrated. But then Sadio Mané told us to get back on the field. We regrouped and came back. Our keeper, Edouard Mendy, made the save. After that, we managed to stay focused, played our football, we scored, and we won," said the former Olympique de Marseille player.