The African Cup Of Nations is without a doubt the most important soccer tournament in the continent of Africa. The finals happened on Sunday 6 February and it definitely had everyone on the edge of their seats.

Personally, I am a huge fan of Egypt and my Egyptian boys disappointed me big time. Even from the start of the match, any fool could see the men in green had the upper hand, and this was so frustrating because, hey, this is Egypt, the country with the most wins in Afcon, and to top it off, they had Salah. Mo Salah! But then again Senegal had Sadio Mane so it was even.

The highlight of the game happened at the penas. Egypt’s goalkeeper Gabaski is a hero, honestly, when they land in Cairo he might as well be given the title of president. The goals he’s saved! I was even starting to think that he used witchcraft. Who knows, maybe those pyramids are used for unimaginable supernatural forces.

It all came down to one last goal. Will Senegal make it and win, or will the victory go to the pharaohs of Egypt?

The last penalty went to Mane. At this point, I had covered my eyes. Mane? Mane! Egypt is so doomed, I’d thought. But Gabaski like I said he’s a hero. He’s bound to stop that goal, I believe in him, he’s arrogant but he’s bloody good at what he… No!

If he’d gone a little further he could have saved that goal, he could have

I thought I’d die.

I know of a lot of people who bet in soccer. Some bet on money, cars, houses, bloody hell wives if they could.

There was even this Egyptian guy who cried so hard I was getting convinced that they’d said’ If you lose don’t even bother coming home. I’ll beat you with my rubber slippers. It was sad at first but then five minutes went by and he was still rolling on the ground and it just became hilarious.

But I can’t dwell on that on that because like it or not, Senegal won that game and it was well deserved.