Mbaye speaks out on the Africa Cup of Nations awarded to Morocco

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·26 de março de 2026

Mbaye speaks out on the Africa Cup of Nations awarded to Morocco

Ibrahim Mbaye, the 18-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Senegal forward, was interviewed by DSports on the sidelines of the national team gathering and reacted to the loss of the 2025 AFCON following a CAF decision, as his team had left the pitch during the final against Morocco. It was his Paris teammate Achraf Hakimi (the 27-year-old Moroccan right-back) who informed him.

Mbaye: “For me, it changes nothing”

I didn’t have any particular reaction, because we won on the pitch. We have the medal, it’s still at my home, and the trophy is at home. For me, it changes nothing: we won on the pitch. I wasn’t even aware of it, Hakimi was the one who told me about the CAF decision. He said to me: “Did you see the news? They gave us the trophy.” We talked about it briefly, we just said to each other that it was a fact. As far as I’m concerned, I won the AFCON. After that, our conversation remained private.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.