AFCON 2025 Quarterfinals: Egyptian Trio and Moroccan Spark Lead the Way
7 January 2026
Ideal XI revealed for AFCON 2025 quarterfinals
Egypt beat Benin 3-1 after extra time.
Sofascore, the statistics site, today released its ideal XI for the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 quarterfinals, following yesterday's results where Algeria beat the DR Congo 1-0 and Ivory Coast defeated Burkina Faso 3-0.
The lineup is as follows
Goalkeeper: Diarra (Mali) 8.0.
Defence: Calvin Bassey (Nigeria) 7.6 – Naïf Aguerd (Morocco) 8.0 – Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt) 9.1.
Midfield: Marwan Attia (Egypt) 8.5 – Jay (Senegal) 8.8 – Diomande (Ivory Coast) 8.8 – Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast) 8.6 – Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) 10.
Forward: Adams (Nigeria) 9.2 – Mohamed Salah (Egypt) 8.8.
In the quarterfinals, Egypt will face Ivory Coast, Cameroon will play Morocco, Algeria will meet Nigeria, and Mali will face Senegal.
Outlook
With the XI lined up, fans are buzzing about the potential outcomes and goals to come in the knockouts.
Punchline 1: If this lineup were a sniper rifle, every shot hits the target—goal.
Punchline 2: The net is probably filing for a vacation—it's tired of all those shots.
