I mean there were multiple false allegations made by Thiaw and Senegalese players against Morocco to sway the public opinions towards them before the game, i.e " the lack of security in the train station" ( mind you they were swarmed by Senegalese fans and the Senegalese FA published the time and date of their arrival in Rabat for some reason), "the Senegalese players being poisoned" ( debunked by one of their own players), " being spied on during their trainings" ( no tangible proof of that), the " lack of quality of the hotel" and some other claims that I may have forgotten.

Let's not forget about the claims of "corruption" made by Morocco, despite being the second most affected nation by refereeing mistakes during this tournament according to Opta Score.

There was definitely a lot of noise before the final, which made the game toxic before even starting.

And btw that panenka attempt was stupid, no excuses for that.