Africa Cup of Nations

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Match Report

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10-man Mali oust Tunisia to make AFCON quarters

Mali played for over 100 minutes with 10 men but still came from behind to defeat Tunisia 3-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Casablanca on Saturday to set up an Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal against Senegal on Friday.

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Team Stats

29
Fouls
12
6
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
3
72.2
Possession
27.8
13
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
547
Accurate Passes
140
627
Passes
240
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
2
36
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
72
23
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
18
13
Tackles
25
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
16
20
Effective Clearances
36
20
Clearances
36

Highlights

02:18 How Mali rode their luck to advance past Tunisia at AFCON Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

TUN leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MLI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Djigui DiarraG
  2. 25Ousmane CamaraCD-L
  3. 5Abdoulaye DiabyCD-R
  4. 3Amadou DanteLB
  5. 26Woyo CoulibalyRB
  6. 10Yves BissoumaAM
  7. 23Aliou DiengLM
  8. 11Lassana CoulibalyRM
  9. 17Lassine SinayokoF
  10. 8Mahamadou DoumbiaAM-L
  11. 20Mamadou SangareAM-R

TUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Aymen DahmenG
  2. 3Montassar TalbiCD-L
  3. 6Dylan BronnCD-R
  4. 2Ali AbdiLB
  5. 20Yan ValeryRB
  6. 15Mohamed Hadj MahmoudAM
  7. 13Ferjani SassiLM
  8. 17Ellyes SkhiriRM
  9. 9Hazem MastouriF
  10. 10Hannibal MejbriAM-L
  11. 11Ismaël GharbiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Mahamadou Doumbia (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 12' Substitution, Tunisia. Yassine Meriah replaces Dylan Bronn because of an injury.
  4. 17' Yves Bissouma (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 23' Hadj Mahmoud (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 26' Woyo Coulibaly (Mali) is shown the red card.
  7. 45' Substitution, Tunisia. Elias Achouri replaces Hadj Mahmoud.
  8. 57' Substitution, Mali. Dorgeles Nene replaces Mahamadou Doumbia.
  9. 60' Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 70' Substitution, Tunisia. Elias Saad replaces Ismaël Gharbi.
  11. 70' Substitution, Tunisia. Firas Chaouat replaces Hazem Mastouri.
  12. 85' Substitution, Tunisia. Mohamed Ben Romdhane replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
  13. 85' Firas Chaouat (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Goal! Mali 0, Tunisia 1. Firas Chaouat (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elias Saad with a through ball.
  15. 90'+2' Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Mali. El Bilal Touré replaces Mamadou Sangaré.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Mali. Gaoussou Diakite replaces Amadou Dante.
  18. 90'+6' Goal! Mali 1, Tunisia 1. Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  19. 90'
  20. 103' Dorgeles Nene (Mali) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 105'+1' First Half Extra Time ends, Mali 1, Tunisia 1.
  22. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins Mali 1, Tunisia 1.
  23. 109' Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 110' Substitution, Mali. Ibrahima Sissoko replaces Aliou Dieng.
  25. 111' Substitution, Tunisia. Mohamed Ben Ali replaces Yan Valery.
  26. 117' Substitution, Mali. Hamari Traoré replaces Lassana Coulibaly because of an injury.
  27. 118' Ibrahima Sissoko (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  28. 120'+2' Second Half Extra Time ends, Mali 1, Tunisia 1.
  29. 120' Penalty Shootout begins Mali 1, Tunisia 1.
  30. 120'

Africa Cup of Nations News

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