Overview
- Nigeria beat Algeria 2-0 in Marrakech with goals from Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams to book a Jan. 14 semifinal against host Morocco.
- Egypt edged Côte d’Ivoire 3-2 in Agadir and will face Senegal in the other semifinal on Jan. 14 in Tanger.
- The Algeria–Nigeria quarter-final saw on-field altercations, confrontations in the stands, and heated exchanges in the mixed zone, including a post-match flare-up involving Luca Zidane.
- In France, police reported projectiles and mortar fire at La Verrière after Morocco’s win over Cameroon, and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez instructed prefects to mobilize to prevent further disorder during the CAN knockout rounds.
- In the Coupe de France 16th-finals, amateur side Montreuil fell 2-4 to Amiens, Strasbourg routed Avranches 6-0, Lorient, Reims and Laval advanced, with PSG–Paris FC set for Monday and Bayeux–Marseille on Tuesday.