Senegal v Morocco: Africa Cup of Nations final – live

⚽ Afcon final updates, 7pm GMT (8pm in Rabat) kick-off
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The Senegal right-back Krepin Diatta was injured in the warm-up, hence Antoine Mendy’s inclusion. I can’t comprehend how painful it must be for a player to miss out on the biggest game of their life in such circumstances.

“Hi Rob,” writes James Humphries. “Having specifically timed a journey across the central belt so that I should make it back home in time for the start of the game, if the first ten minutes are fantastic and then it turns into something like either of the two semis you’ll know I got in late.

”Egypt-Cote d’Ivoire was such a fun game, too! ‘Maybe Egypt have unconstipated themselves’ I thought optimistically on Thursday, until the first moment one of their players got near a Senegalese shirt and immediately hurled himself to the ground. So, about five minutes into the game?” Continue reading...