CAN 2025 – Senegal: Mbaye puts an end to the controversy
CAN 2025 – Senegal: Ibrahim Mbaye makes his mea culpa
The final of CAN 2025 was not only defined by its intense on-field drama. Amid the chaos of Senegal's protests at the end of the match, Ibrahim Mbaye, who had only just come on, made a move as unexpected as it was clumsy—a moment emblematic of his youth.
Advertisement
Taking advantage of the stoppage caused by the penalty awarded to Morocco, the Paris Saint-Germain player pulled out his phone in the tunnel to the dressing rooms to send a private message on Snapchat. "Peace, we’re being robbed," he wrote, before the exchange quickly leaked onto social media.
Realizing his misstep, Mbaye was quick to issue a public apology after the match.
"About the photo I took in the dressing room, I’m sorry. I didn’t think when I did it, it was in the heat of the moment. That’s not how I should behave and it won’t happen again."
This incident did nothing to overshadow Senegal’s triumph.

1 hour ago
1


English (US) ·