Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe scored a Panenka penalty in his side's win over Villarreal on Saturday - before dedicating the spot kick to team-mate Brahim Diaz, with the attacker forced to watch Pape Gueye celebrate his success. Diaz was left in tears on Sunday after missing a last-minute Panenka penalty attempt in astounding fashion to almost certainly cost his Morocco team the Africa Cup of Nations title. Incredible scenes saw Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw direct his players off the pitch in apparent protest over the late penalty awarded to Morocco in the dying minutes of normal time. Diaz went down tussling for the ball in the box late on, and the decision over whether it was deserved boiled over into a row between players and coaches - with Thiaw then calling his squad off. When they eventually returned, Diaz took the penalty in the 24th minute of stoppage time, but dramatically attempted a Panenka - chipped - effort against former Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who read the ki...
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