Overview
- Senegal beat Sudan 3-1 after conceding a sixth-minute goal to Aamir Abdallah, a Melbourne-based semi-professional.
- Pape Gueye scored a first-half brace and 17-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye added a 77th-minute clincher, reported as making him the tournament’s second-youngest scorer.
- Sadio Mané supplied two assists and was reported to have moved top of the AFCON all-time assists list with nine.
- Mali advanced past Tunisia after a 1-1 draw, playing over an hour with 10 men following Woyo Coulibaly’s 26th-minute red card before winning 3-2 in a shootout.
- Djigui Diarra made two saves in the penalties and El Bilal Touré converted the winner, confirming Senegal vs Mali in Tangier on Friday as Sudan and Tunisia exit.