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The last two round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations were played on Tuesday in Ivory Coast. Thunderclap on the side of San Pédro, where South Africa brought down Morocco (2-0), and in Korhogo Mali won against its neighbor, Burkina Faso (2-1).
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Another favorite fell at CAN 2024: Morocco, trapped by South Africa (2-0) in the round of 16, Tuesday in San Pédro, where Achraf Hakimi missed a penalty for an equalizer at the end of the match . The first African semi-finalists in the World Cup have not assumed their status, it is Bafana Bafana who will challenge Cape Verde on Saturday in Yamoussoukro, in the most unexpected quarter-final of the tournament.
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Mali dominated Burkina Faso (2-1) to reach the quarter-finals of the African Cup against Ivory Coast, thanks in particular to the third goal in the competition from Auxerrois Lassine Sinayoko, Tuesday in Korhogo . The Eagles return to this stage of the competition for the first time since 2013. The Elephants, for their part, have always beaten them at the CAN – in groups in 2008 (3-0), in the semi-finals in 2012 (1-0 ) and in the round of 16 in 2019 (1-0).
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Program prepared by Benoît Perrochais and Clémence Leboucher.