The Malian national team suffered an early blow when its defender, Youou Coulibaly, was sent off in the 26th minute of the first half.

The Carthage Eagles team succeeded in taking advantage of its opponent’s numerical deficiency and taking the lead with a late goal in the 89th minute, scored by Firas Shawat with a header shot from inside the penalty area.

But the Malian team won a penalty kick after the ball hit the hand of Tunisian defender Yassine Meriah at the fatal moment in the third minute of stoppage time, and his player Lassine Senayoko translated it into an equalizer for his team and saved it from defeat.

The Malian Eagles team decided the result of the confrontation in their favor in a series of penalty kicks (3-2) at Mohammed V Stadium in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

The Malian national team thus set a date in the quarter-finals of the 2025 African Cup of Football, with its Senegalese counterpart, who in turn defeated his Sudanese counterpart by two goals to one in the match that took place earlier on Saturday evening as well.

While the Tunisian national team failed to untie the knot of the “Financial Eagles” and exited the tournament with great disappointment.

Source: RT

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