"It will be a meeting between two of the continent's footballing heavyweights in Agadir, with the competition's most successful team (Egypt) taking on the current holders (Ivory Coast) with a place in the last four up for grabs. Both sides have made fairly light work of their journey to this stage of the knockouts. Mohamed Salah and co. finished top of their group after picking up two wins and a draw, before seeing off Benin 3-1 in the Round of 16."
"Salah and Manchester City's Omar Marmoush are once again the headline names in an Egypt side yet to truly sparkle at this year's tournament. The Pharaohs needed the Liverpool man's extra-time penalty to help them squeeze through in the previous round, and will be looking to him and Marmoush for their attacking threat. Egypt: El Shenawy; Hany, Ibrahim, Rabia, Fatouh; Attia, Abdelmaguid, Fathi; Ashour; Salah, Marmoush Subs: Fathi, Shehata, Lasheen, Adel, Eid, Zizo, Saber, El Shenawy, Trezeguet, Faisal, Shobeir, Mohsen, Ismaeil, Sobhy, Mohamed"
Egypt and Ivory Coast meet in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in Agadir with a semi-final place against Senegal at stake. Egypt topped their group with two wins and a draw and edged Benin 3-1 in the last 16, relying on Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush for attacking spark. Ivory Coast matched Egypt's group record and defeated Burkina Faso 3-0 in the round of 16, featuring Amad Diallo, Evann Guessand and Ousmane Diomande up front. Both teams enter the fixture as tournament heavyweights with identical records to this stage and strong attacking options named in their starting XIs.
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