A sea of partners, starters and replacements, to bury him.
Supporters, liberated and unleashed, like crazy people in the stands.
And his coach Kaba Diawara was moved to tears as he headed towards the locker room.
Mohamed Bayo is the man of the day.
The one who sends, with his headed goal at the very end of stoppage time (90th + 8) against Equatorial Guinea, Guinea into the quarter-final of the African Cup of Nations for the first time since 2015.
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At the age of 25, the striker has reached the rank of national hero of a country which will aim for a place in the last four of the competition against the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday (9 p.m.).
It's a nice label.
Much nicer than the one he dragged himself through for a good part of last season.
Where, just transferred to Lille after a first year in Ligue 1 with 14 goals with his training club Clermont, Bayo is filmed drunk in a night bar in the city on the eve of the clash between Losc and PSG in August 2022 .
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