⚽ Afcon final updates, 7pm GMT (8pm in Rabat) kick-off ⚽ Jonathan Wilson on this Afcon | Follow us on Bluesky You’ve got a nerve, turning up here expecting a goalfest. Major finals don’t work like; Afcon finals certainly don’t. The last 10 have produced only 10 goals, and that includes four periods of extra-time. The stakes are too high to worry about entertainment; this is a match that aches with importance. Tonight, in Rabat, either Morocco or Senegal will become champions of Africa for only the second time. That’s where the similarities end. Morocco are desperate to win for two reasons: they are the hosts, and it’s 50 years since they last won the competition. This is only their second final in that time, an unfathomably poor record for such a revered football nation. Continue reading...