Overview
- Morocco prevailed 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to book a Sunday final in Rabat against Senegal.
- Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved two Nigerian spot kicks and was named man of the match.
- Coach Walid Regragui accepted blame for assigning 23-year-old Hamza Igamane a penalty that he missed, citing the player’s lack of recent minutes.
- Nigerian players and media criticized referee Daniel Laryea’s officiating, though no decisive incident was highlighted.
- Thousands celebrated on Paris’s Champs-Élysées despite a police ban, with tear gas used to disperse crowds but no major disorder reported.