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Adebayo Akinfenwa made a classy gesture to a young teammate in what could have been his final game

Published 13:31 8 May 2016 BST

Updated 13:33 8 May 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Adebayo Akinfenwa made a classy gesture to a young teammate in what could have been his final game

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With all the excitement that the end of the football season brings, it might have escaped your attention that this could very well the final days of Adebayo Akinfenwa's career.

With that in mind, when his AFC Wimbledon side being awarded a late penalty against Newport County on Saturday, many would have expected him to step up and take it. Instead, 'The Beast', in what may well have been his final game for the club, handed the ball to 18-year-old debutant Toyosi Olusanya, who stepped up and scored what proved to be the only goal of the game. https://twitter.com/sportswithjohn/status/728976183317139456 The youngster had been playing college football until last year before signing up with the club's academy. No matter where his career takes him, he'll certainly remember his first goal and the gesture a man at the opposite end of his time as a footballer made in order for him to score it.

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Adebayo Akinfenwa made a classy gesture to a young teammate in what could have been his final game