Experience takes on youth in Saturday's African Nations Cup final when the tournament's oldest player, Tunisia goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel, comes face to face with Morocco's 20-year-old striker Marouane Chamakh.
At the age of 38 Boumnijel is no spring chicken but his vast experience proved crucial when Tunisa beat Nigeria 5-3 on penalties in Wednesday's semi-final.
The evergreen goalkeeper stopped 22-year-old Nigeria striker Osaze Odemwingie's effort from the penalty spot to catapult the hosts to their third Nations Cup final.
Boumnijel made his international debut in 1991 against the Ivory Coast and he's the only member of the Carthage Eagles' side that flopped when Tunisa hosted the tournament in 1994.
The veteran keeper is now aiming to put the stoppers on Chamakh.
The 20-year-old Bordeaux star emerged a national hero on Sunday after his injury time goal against Algeria in the quarter-finals which set the Atlas Lions up for a 3-1 extra time win.
Chamakh has benefitted from a new FIFA rule that allows players to represent another nation as long as they had not played senior international football elsewhere.
"I had to choose very quickly," said the Bordeaux striker who had played for the French Under-19 team but opted for Morocco only last June.
"I had a lot of advice but I took the decision myself. I wanted to play for Morocco for a long time. I was born in France and so were my parents but my family is Moroccan."
And Morocco's new pin-up star has said he now hopes to improve on his two-goal tally with a couple more goals against Boumnijel on Saturday to help Morocco land their second Nations Cup title and finally announce Marouane Chamakh's arrival on Africa's biggest stage.