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Mali national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Round of 16
Jul 8, 2019 at 5pm UK
 
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Kamara: 'We must be focussed against Mali'

Kamara: 'We must be focussed against Mali'
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The Group D runners-up face the Group E winners in the last 16.

Ivory Coast coach Ibrahim Kamara has warned his players they cannot afford to make mistakes if they are to find a way past Mali and reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

The sides meet in Suez on Monday with a place in the last eight at stake, and are only too aware of the price of failure.

Kamara said at his pre-match press conference: "We know that if we don't win, we're out. We'll have to be focused because any mistake could cost a lot."

Twice winners of the competition, Ivory Coast qualified for the knockout phase as runners-up in Group D, and their reward is a showdown with the unbeaten winners of Group E.

However, Mali coach Mohamed Magassouba said: "What happened in the past doesn't matter. What matters is the next game.

"We want to make history. In order to do that, we need humility and self-sacrifice. We want people in Mali to be happy."

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Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

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Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

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Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

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Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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