SENEGAL FACE WALK-OFF RAP

SENEGAL are set to be sanctioned for walking off the field in protest at a penalty award in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

- BY PHIL BLANCHE and JAMIE GARDNER

SENEGAL are set to be sanctioned for walking off the field in protest at a penalty award in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

The team were led off the field by head coach Pape Thiaw after hosts Morocco were awarded a penalty in the eighth minute of stoppage time following a VAR review, seconds after Senegal had a goal ruled out.

Play resumed 17 minutes later when the players returned to the field, with Morocco's Brahim Diaz missing the penalty and Senegal going on to win the match in extra-time thanks to a spectacular strike from Pape Gueye.