Mali to the AFCON quarter final in Morocco
After South African referee Abongile Tom gave Malian full back Woyo Coulibaly a red card in the 26th minute ; Malians never gave up but kept on fighting. Coulibaly is playing for Sassuolo in the Italian Series A . In the first half of the match against Tunisia in the last 16 on Saturday night ; three players received bookings before half time . Yves Bissouma a defensive midfielder playing for Tottenham Hotspurs in the English premiership , Mamadou Doumbia playing for English championship side Watford they received yellow cards . As for the Tunisians , Referee Abongile Tom issued two yellow cards for them . MB Mahmoud and Dylan Bronn . One substitution was made by Tunisians in the first half ; replacing Dylan Bronn for Yassine Meriah .
In the second half Mali made changes as well ; replacing M. Doumbia for Nene Dorgeles , M. Sangare out for El Bilal Toure . Amadou Dante went out for G Diakite . Tunisianside also made changes in the second half ; replacing M.B. Mahmoud for Elias Anchouri , Elias Saad came in for Ismael Gharbi , H Mastouri taken out for Firas Chaouat . In the second half referee Abongile Tom booked three players on the Tunisian side ; Hannibal Mejbri , Firas Chaouat and Romdhane . In the 88th minute Tunisia opened the scoring by Firas Chaouat who came late in the game . Just few minutes after Tunisians thord its done and dusted , referee Abongile Tom gave Mali a penalty after handball inside the box . L. Sinayoko converted and make it 1-1 after 90th minute .
The match went into extra time further changes were made in both sides. Tunisianside replaced Yan Valery for M.Ben Ali and Mali replaced Aliou Dieng for I. Sissoko , Samaritan Traore came in for L. Coulibaly . Ibrahim Sissoko and Nene Dorgeles received bookings in the extra time and on Tunisia it was Yassine Meriah . No goals in the extra time , it then went into penalties . Mali won 3-2 to reach the last 8 in the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco . Mali will play against Senegal who won 3-1 against Sudan earlier on the day . El Bilal Toure , G. Diakite and L . Sinayoko scored penalties for Mali . On the Tunisians it was Elias Saad and Yassine Meriah .