Overview
- Defending champions Ivory Coast beat Burkina Faso 3-0 in Marrakech as Amad Diallo scored and assisted, with Yan Diomande and Bazoumana Toure also on the scoresheet.
- The result sets up a quarter-final against record seven-time winners Egypt in Agadir on Saturday.
- Algeria eliminated DR Congo 1-0 in Rabat thanks to Adil Boulbina’s 119th-minute winner, booking a Saturday meeting with Nigeria in Marrakech.
- Diallo’s tournament tally stands at three goals and an assist, and Ivory Coast registered 21 shots as Burkina Faso goalkeeper Herve Koffi kept the margin down.
- The last-eight lineup is complete, with Friday’s fixtures featuring Senegal vs Mali and Cameroon vs hosts Morocco.