The Democratic Republic of Congo defeated the Pharaohs in their round of 16 of the 2024 African Cup of Nations. Chancel Mbemba and others eliminated Egypt, deprived of an injured Mohamed Salah, at the end of the penalty shootout (1-1, 8-7 on the tabs).
The Leopards, winners of the CAN in 1968 and 1974, have the opportunity to reach the semi-finals on Friday at 9 p.m. at the Alassane-Ouattara stadium in Abidjan.
For this, they will have to face Guinea.
The latter won the derby against Equatorial Guinea in the previous round (1-0).
The scorer of the match is a Ligue 1 player: Le Havre Mohamed Bayo.
He delivered his team in the last second of the game (90th + 8).
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Guinea finished third in its group, behind Cameroon and Senegal, eliminated in the round of 16.
It remains in failures in the round of 16 during the 2019 and 2021 CAN and has not reached the last four since its final against Morocco in 1976.
The DR Congo-Guinea kick-off will be given on Friday February 2 at 9 p.m., on
the beIN Sports 1 channel
and live with commentary on
leparisien.fr
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