{"id":660331,"date":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Algeria have beaten Senegal 1-0 to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerians took the lead early in the first half through a fortuitous goal by striker Baghdad Bounedjah.<\/p>\n<p>They then had to withstand an onslaught f"},"modified":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T21:31:18","slug":"algeria-are-african-champions-after-beating-senegal-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/19\/algeria-are-african-champions-after-beating-senegal-in-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria are African Champions after beating Senegal in final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Algeria have beaten Senegal 1-0 to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerians took the lead early in the first half through a fortuitous goal by striker Baghdad Bounedjah.<\/p>\n<p>They then had to withstand an onslaught from the Senegalese for the rest of the match with the Teranga Lions virtually camped in the North Africans\u2019 half.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal thought they had won a penalty when the ball struck an Algerian defender on the arm.<\/p>\n<p>However, that call was overturned after the referee after he reviewed the footage via VAR<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-500035\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/bounedjah2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Algeria held on to claim the narrow win and, with it, their second African crown, 29 years after they won their first.<\/p>\n<p>This will be seen as a deserved win for Algeria as they remained unbeaten throughout the competition beating Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Nigeria en route to the final.<\/p>\n<p>The only failed to win a game in regulation time in the quarter-final against the Ivory Coast, eventually beating the Ivorians on penalties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-500036\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/algeria1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Algerians also finished as the tournament\u2019s top scorers with 13 goals and the joint-best defence, conceding only two goals along with Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the final, the spotlight was on Sadio Mane for Senegal and Riyad Mahrez for Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was Al Sadd striker Bounedjah who struck first, turning Kouyat\u00e9 before firing a shot which took a wicked deflection off Sane and crept under the bar and into the net.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal took a while to respond but started offering some attacking threat with Saivet\u2019s free-kick saved by the Algerian keeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>More soon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria have beaten Senegal 1-0 to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations trophy. 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