The program of the day

It's the fourth rest day of this CAN 2024. Don't worry, the quarter-finals start tomorrow.

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The report to watch

: the aura of Didier Drogba

France 24 takes you to Yopougon, a town in Abidjan where Didier Drogba was born, to understand what the former Ivorian international represents for the local population.

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Didier Drogba during CAN 2024 in Ivory Coast © LauraMoussetDiallo

The article to read

: the difficulties of the Maghreb at the CAN

With Morocco's surprise defeat Tuesday evening against South Africa, North African football will have no representative in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, a first in ten years. A rare situation but which illustrates an underlying trend: the Maghreb countries are struggling to establish themselves in sub-Saharan Africa.

Read alsoCAN 2024: after the elimination of Morocco, the disillusionment of North African football

In short

Nicknames in the Angola team:

"Show", "Estrela" or the scorer "Mabululu", all the players in the Angola team have a nickname, often given from childhood, inspired by a cat even cans of soda, like "Neblu", the guardian. The coach himself has not escaped this: “Since the start of this Ivory Coast campaign, people have started to call me 'Man Gonças'. Angola is like that!”, explains Pedro Gonçalves, the Portuguese coach.

Also read: Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria... All the CAN 2024 quarter-finalists under scrutiny

Who will be top scorer

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Emilio Nsué, despite the elimination of Equatorial Guinea in the round of 16, is still in the lead. But be careful, Patson Dala and Mabululu are still in contention and have four and three goals respectively to their credit. Facing Nigeria, they will have the opportunity to overtake the Equatoguinean.

Today's statement

Walid Regragui, Morocco coach, after the elimination: "I bear the responsibility for this failure, I am not someone who hides, about my choices of play, my choices of players."

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