Riyad Mahrez-captained Algeria became African champions a second time by beating Senegal 1-0 in the final July 21
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The 30-year-old Shanghai Shenhua striker struck five times as the Super Eagles finished third in Egypt, bagging him the top scorer honours
The Frenchman had been in charge of Morocco since February 2016 and led the nation to the 2018 World Cup in Russia
Algeria’s win against Senegal in this year’s tournament makes it the country’s second AFCON win in 29 years
It will be the first final to feature two local coaches since 1998
Mikel won 89 caps and scored six goals between 2005 and 2019 for the Super Eagles
Nigeria maintained their perfect record in third place playoffs at the Cup of Nations having won six other matches
Nigeria will meet Tunisia on Wednesday in the third-place play-off of the AFCON 2019 tournament
Some of the arrests were also linked to unrest surrounding events marking France’s national day celebrations on Sunday
Algeria will take on Sadio Mane’s Senegal for the title on July 19, in a repeat of a group stage clash they won 1-0