Overview
- The hosts advanced 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw through extra time, with Yassine Bounou saving from Samuel Chukwueze and Bruno Onyemaechi before Youssef En-Nesyri sealed it.
- Senegal beat Egypt 1-0 in Tangier as Sadio Mané struck in the 78th minute to book a fourth AFCON final and a third in the last four editions.
- The final is on Sunday, January 18, at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium with kickoff at 7pm GMT.
- Senegal will be without captain Kalidou Koulibaly and Habib Diarra in the final due to yellow-card suspensions.
- Nigeria face Egypt in Saturday’s third-place play-off after the Super Eagles’ semifinal exit on penalties.