It has been a long journey for aliou cisse to win the African Gong, the tarenga lions former captain has suffered the most in the dugout of African cup of nations how ever in soccer it's not about who suffered most or who needs it most. In 2002 cisse missed the crucial penalty against Cameroon in the finals of AFCON as a player, in the 2019 He lost the finals again against Algeria as a coach. He has been in the helm of Senegal's national team for 7 years as a coach but won nothing not until in Cameroon 2021/22 where cisse and his tarenga lions finally tasted the African glory after playing All their heart's out and finally saw off the feroz in the spot kicks after playing for 120 minutes without goals. Thanks to mendy for that brilliant save and thanks to mane for not disappointing the fate of Senegalese who have been waiting for this for upto 16years .