Overview
- Senegal beat Mali 1-0 in Tangier, with Iliman Ndiaye scoring in the 27th minute after goalkeeper Djigui Diarra let a low cross slip under his body.
- Mali went down to ten when captain Yves Bissouma was sent off for a second yellow in first-half stoppage time, and Amadou Haïdara later exited with a shoulder injury.
- Despite his early mistake, Diarra made multiple important saves as Senegal failed to kill the game, and Bayern forward Nicolas Jackson did not play.
- Host Morocco defeated Cameroon 2-0 in Rabat, with Real Madrid’s Brahim Díaz netting for a fifth straight match and Ismael Saibari adding a late second-half goal.
- Senegal will face the winner of Egypt vs Ivory Coast, and Morocco await the winner of Nigeria vs Algeria, with those quarterfinals scheduled for Saturday.