Overview
- Sadio Mané’s 78th‑minute goal sealed Senegal’s 1-0 semifinal win over Egypt in Tangier.
- Morocco edged Nigeria after a 0-0 draw, winning 4-2 on penalties with Yassine Bounou saving two spot-kicks in Rabat.
- The final is scheduled for Sunday, January 18 at 20:00 local time at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.
- Senegal will also be without midfielder Habib Diarra due to yellow-card accumulation, and Koulibaly exited the semifinal injured before his ban was confirmed.
- Bookmakers had installed Morocco as tournament favorites before the semis, and an analysis cited by Football Meets Data reports a FIFA ranking rise to a national-record eighth after the quarterfinal win over Cameroon.