Afcon 2025 semi-finals LIVE: Senegal vs Egypt followed by Nigeria vs Morocco

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Senegal 0-0 Egypt

Bit of a nervy moment for Egypt there as they almost give the ball away while playing out from the back, but they get away with it.

Meanwhile, Emam Ashour goes down with a head injury after contesting an aerial ball with Idrissa Gueye. He's fine to continue.

'A big task ahead for the defenders'

Senegal v Egypt (17:00 GMT)

William Troost-Ekong

Former Nigeria captain on BBC World Service AFCON semi-finals preview

On what it's like to defend against Mane or Salah:

It's a long 90 minutes. They are both great players, players that seem to have that consistency in what they produce year after year after year, and players that don't need a lot to make a difference.

If you are facing either in a semi-final you will probably a little bit worried. A big task ahead for the defenders.

Is everything falling into place for Salah?

Senegal v Egypt (17:00 GMT)

John Bennett

BBC World Service reporter in Rabat

In the 14 years that I’ve followed Mohamed Salah’s international career, I don’t think I’ve seen him as happy and content on international duty as he is at this Africa Cup of Nations.

He was saying after the win over Ivory Coast in the Quarter-Finals that he’s been loving the atmosphere around the squad and the fun they’ve been having inside what was the team’s base camp, next to the beach in Agadir. It was very private seemed to allow him to prepare for games without the scrutiny that normally surrounds him at these tournaments.

So this Afcon appears to have come at just the right time for Salah after his difficulties with Arne Slot at Liverpool. The Egypt team has also been improving with every game here in Morocco so he’ll feel that everything might be falling into place for him to win his first ever Afcon title.

Salah desperate to end Afcon wait

Senegal v Egypt (17:00 GMT)

As record seven-time Afcon champions, Egypt are aways under pressure to win, but nobody knows that pressure quite like Mohamed Salah.

He may well be one of Egypt's greatest ever players, but Salah has never won African football's top prize.

Egypt's most recent triumph came in 2010, a year before the Liverpool forward's international debut.

The 33-year-old was a losing finalist at the 2017 and 2021 editions - with those defeats sandwiching a last-16 exit in 2019 on home soil - and he was then injured as Egypt suffered an early exit at the 2023 finals.

"Nobody, even in Egypt, wants to win this trophy more than me," Salah said after helping his team beat Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals.

"I have won almost every prize. This is the title I am waiting for."

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Do Senegal have penalty advantage?

Senegal v Egypt (17:00 GMT)

If tonight's match goes the distance to a penalty shootout, then Senegal may feel they have a phycological advantage.

After beating Egypt on penalties in the 2021 Afcon final, the Lions of Teranga repeated the feat in the third round of the African qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

After the two-legged play-off tie in March 2022 finished 1-1 on aggregate, Senegal won 3-1 on spot kicks to crush Egypt's World Cup dream.

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