With the scoreline 0-0, referee Jean Jacques Ndala awarded Morocco a penalty in the eighth minute of added time.

Ndala was advised by the video assistant referee (VAR) to consult the pitchside monitor and review defender El Hadji Malick Diouf's challenge on Diaz.

Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw - still incensed by Ndala's decision moments earlier to disallow a Senegal goal from Ismaila Sarr - ushered his team off the field.

Former Liverpool striker Sadio Mane stayed on the pitch and tried to encourage his team-mates to finish the game.

After a 17-minute delay, Senegal's players did eventually return.

Real Madrid forward Diaz took the penalty, but his tame 'Panenka' effort was caught by Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy, who barely had to move, and Ndala immediately blew his whistle for full-time.

Villarreal midfielder Gueye then scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of extra time to seal a second triumph in five years for Senegal.

In his post-match news conference, Morocco coach Walid Regragui said Senegal's actions were "shameful" and did not "honour Africa".

Fifa president Gianni Infantino strongly condemned the "ugly scenes" in a post on Instagram.

Thiaw, meanwhile, had his media briefing cancelled after a ruckus broke out in the press room.

But in a later post-match interview, he accepted he should not have ordered his team off the field and had reacted "in the heat of the moment".

Morocco subsequently parted company with Regragui on 5 March - four months before the World Cup finals.

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