The referee awarded a penalty to Morocco in the 90+8 minute for a foul on Brahim Díaz.

No one from Senegal was happy with the decision (they had just had a goal disallowed in the 90+2 minute and felt the contact on Brahim wasn’t penalty-worthy). So, coach Pape Thiaw, furious, asked his players to leave the pitch. Most complied.

After several minutes of protests, and in a moment of total chaos, Sadio Mané, the captain and greatest legend of the country, asked his teammates to return to the field. They did. Mendy went in goal. Brahim Díaz took the penalty, Panenka-style.

And Mendy saved it. How did he celebrate? Pointing to the sky as if to say DIVINE JUSTICE had arrived. Ah! And at the start of extra time, Senegal took the lead with a stunning goal from Gueye. You don’t even see things like that in the movies. Pure history.