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Algeria triumph inQatar

The extra-time goals from Amir Sayoud and Yacine Brahimi that crowned Algeria first-time Arab Cup winners may remain footnotes in football’s history books. That’s not to belittle the tenth edition of a tournament, outside the FIFA calendar, that enchanted with incessant last-minute drama and great goals. It enjoyed huge interest from across the region and led to wild celebrations on Algiers’1er Mai square.

In the final against Tunisia, Brahimi’s championship-winning goal, the last kick of the match, was a

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