Overview
- Quarter-final schedule: Friday — Mali vs Senegal at 16:00 GMT in Tangier and Cameroon vs Morocco at 19:00 GMT in Rabat; Saturday — Algeria vs Nigeria at 16:00 GMT and Egypt vs Côte d'Ivoire at 19:00 GMT.
- Morocco’s Azzedine Ounahi is ruled out, Achraf Hakimi has returned to fitness and is set to start, and coach Walid Regragui addressed fan expectations ahead of the tie.
- Cameroon reached the last eight after a turbulent build-up that included Marc Brys’s sacking and David Pagou’s late appointment, and they edged South Africa 2-1 in the round of 16.
- Mali are without suspended defender Woyo Coulibaly (and Lassana Coulibaly through injury), while Senegal report a full squad with captain Kalidou Koulibaly back from suspension.
- Morocco’s Brahim Diaz leads the scoring charts with four goals, and seven of the eight quarter-finalists are past AFCON champions, with Mali the only side yet to win the title.