For the last two matches, Egypt receives Senegal (8:30 p.m.) for the rematch of the African Cup final, won by the Lions, and Ghana receives Nigeria.
Eliminated in the first round of the CAN in Cameroon when they were defending champions, Algeria took great revenge by winning in Douala, thanks to a goal from Islam Slimani (41st).
Dominated, the Cameroon of Rigobert Song, former captain turned coach, must turn the tide in Blida on Tuesday if he wants to play an eighth World Cup.
Mali, which has never played in the World Cup, was weighed down by the nightmare of former Parisian "Titi" Moussa Sissako: a terrible own goal followed by an exclusion in the position of last defender.
For his third selection, the player trained at Paris Saint-Germain first scored with a far too strong back pass, when he was not even in danger (36th).
Barely time to be comforted by his teammates that he saw red (40th) for a fault in the last defender on Saïfeddine Jaziri.
Morocco did not win on the road, but they brought back a promising draw against DR Congo (1-1).
Led from the 12th minute on a wrapped strike from the ex-Lorient Yoane Wissa, diverted by the head of Romain Saïss, the players of Vahid Halilhodzic equalized on a recovery from Tarik Tissoudali (76th) and are on favorable waivers before the match back on Tuesday.
Long unrecognizable, the Moroccans missed a first opportunity to equalize when Ryan Mmaee completely missed his penalty, with a race interrupted before striking clearly above (55th).
The DRC of Hector Cuper had several balls of 2-0, by the Marseillais Cédric Bakambu (30th, 70th), unfortunate, author of the hand on the penalty, the scorer Wissa (48th) or Dieumerci Mbokani (72nd).
Morocco equalized on a counter following a save by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou in front of Ben Malango.
Discouraged, the Congolese finished at ten after the exclusion of Muzinga Ngonga for a foul on Achraf Hakimi (85th).
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