While they finished in first place in their group, the Algerians managed to qualify with difficulty against the Democratic Republic of Congo thanks to a masterpiece from Boulbina at the end of extra time (1-0).
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With a great Ibrahim Maza and a potentially decisive Riyad Mahrez, Vladimir Petkovic’s men will try to reach the last four for the first time since 2019, the year of their last coronation.
For its part, Nigeria, easy winner of Mozambique in the round of 16 (4-0), will try to advance despite threats of boycott because of unpaid victory bonuses. What gives even more tension to this match?
The Algeria-Nigeria match is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. this Saturday, January 10. The meeting will be followed on BeIN Sports 1 and live with commentary on leparisien.fr.
