Senegal hero Sadio Mane has devoted the facet's Africa Cup of Nations triumph to Aliou Cisse who he labelled "the most criticized head train I've ever seen in my life".
The Liverpool ahead went from zero to hero while he netted the decisive spotkick as Senegal defeated Egypt four-2 in a shootout following a 0-0 attract Sunday's very last in which Mane ignored a seventh-minute penalty.
Mane's penalty no longer most effective clinched Senegal's first-ever continental crown but it turned into a non-public second of redemption, having neglected a decisive spotkick inside the 2017 quarter-finals in opposition to Cameroon.
But the 29-yr-old singled out head educate Cisse, who has 35 caps for Senegal earlier than taking on as head teach in 2015, to commit the triumph.
"I know that the Senegalese human beings have suffered loads but I devote this trophy to Aliou Cisse," Mane advised reporters, having mentioned the complaint of the Lions of Teranga boss in the lead-as much as the game. "If you knew what he did for the crew."
Mane added: "When I missed the penalty first I idea of Aliou Cisse.. When I scored the ultimate penalty, I at once thought of Aliou Cisse."
Cisse, who changed into a runner-up at AFCON in 2002 at some point of his gambling days, praised the cutting-edge era headlined by way of Mane and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy who saved Mohanad Lasheen's spotkick to set up his teammate's moment of glory.
"It genuinely proves the intellectual power of this era," Cisse said. "We're African champions.
"It's been long, it's been difficult, and there were complicated moments, however we in no way gave up.
"This changed into a hard fit too; we overlooked the penalty, and there have been other probabilities we were not able to take, but the boys in no way deserted the project.
