{"id":155629,"date":"2026-01-18T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=155629"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:35:32","slug":"afcon-final-first-look-senegal-vs-morocco-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=155629","title":{"rendered":"AFCON Final FIRST LOOK: Senegal vs. Morocco PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4_VgKZY6ec?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The 2026 Africa Cup of Nations final is SET, played between Senegal, led by current Al Nassr &#038; former Bayern\/Liverpool star Sadio Man\u00e9, and defending UEFA Champions League champions PSG, featuring Achraf Hakimi and his Morocco side. They made it to this point by defeating Mo Salah &#038; Egypt, as well as Victor Osimhen &#038; Nigeria, respectively. Michael Lahoud &#038; Geoff Shreeves are pleased to be joined by Mbizo Mzamane to break down the semifinal matches, as well as preview &#038; give their predictions on who they think will come out on top in the final.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Senegal DEFEAT EGYPT<br \/>\n0:21 Sadio Man\u00e9&#8217;s comments<br \/>\n1:03 Yassine Bounou SAVES Morocco<br \/>\n2:03 Senegal vs. Morocco PREVIEW<br \/>\n2:23 Did Egypt &#038; Nigeria do enough?<br \/>\n3:32 Nigeria were disappointing<br \/>\n4:25 Mo Salah disappoints<br \/>\n5:31 Sadio Man\u00e9 OWNS AFCON!<br \/>\n6:24 Senegal still favorites?<br \/>\n6:55 Kalidou Koulibaly suspended<br \/>\n8:26 MATCH PREDICTIONS<br \/>\n10:06 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#afcon #afcon2025 #final #senegal #morocco #preview #matchpreview #predictions #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports #soccer #football #recap #africacupofnations<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4_VgKZY6ec\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Africa Cup of Nations final is SET, played between Senegal, led by current Al Nassr &#038; former Bayern\/Liverpool star Sadio Man\u00e9, and defending UEFA Champions League champions PSG,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":155630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/155630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}