Algeria ended a 29-year title drought by running out 1-0 winners over Senegal in a closely matched Afcon final. As the dust settles here are five things we learned from this showdown in Cairo. Both came into the final bagging three goals, with Mane registering one assist pulling him ahead, this was being billed as the marquee proxy battle that could ultimately decide the fate of the 32nd Afcon final. Algeria, playing in their first Afcon showpiece event since 1990, couldn’t have imagined starting the way they did. Bounedjah matched the fastest time a goal was registered in a Afcon final a feat previously shared between Nigerian forward Segun Odegbami (1980) and Egyptian marksman Ad-Diba (1957).

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2019 21:12 UTC