Mané struck the decisive spot-kick in a tense shootout as Senegal gained its first ever Africa Cup of Nations within the remaining in opposition to Egypt.
Having missed a penalty early on within the recreation, Mané thumped the ball previous goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal to offer his workforce a 4-2 win on penalties — securing Senegal’s first ever continental championship in opposition to the seven-time winner of the event.
The 30-year-old ahead, who final month signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich, final gained the accolade in 2019 when he was with Liverpool.
It was an enormous night time for Senegal, which had 5 awards to have fun, with Aliou Cissé taking Coach of the Yr, Pape Matar Sarr named Younger Participant of the Yr, Pape Ousmane Sakho taking Purpose of the Yr and Senegal being topped Nationwide Workforce of the Yr.
In the meantime, Barcelona striker Oshoala bagged Ladies’s Participant of the Yr for a report fifth time — overtaking fellow Nigerian Perpetua Nkwocha’s 4.
Oshoala gained the award forward of Cameroon and Inter Milan’s Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda.
She was compelled to overlook this yr’s Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations on account of an harm.
Earlier this yr, she grew to become the primary African girl to win the Pichichi Award, which is given to the highest scorer within the Spanish league.
This yr’s Ladies’s Nationwide Workforce of the Yr will probably be introduced after Saturday’s TotalEnergies Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations remaining between host Morocco and South Africa.
