Guinea defeated its equatorial namesake and continues its journey in the quarterfinals, just like DR Congo, defeater of Egypt. Senegal made its champion rank known in the first round of this CAN 2024.
Emerse Faé took his place on the Ivory Coast bench to act as interim after the ousting of Jean-Louis Gasset. At 40, after an honorable playing career in Ligue 1, the ambitious new coach of the Elephants has established himself as "a man on the ground" as a coach.