Aymen Mahious scored his third successful objective of the African Nations Championship to take hosts Algeria into the semi-finals with a last-gasp 1-0 win over the Ivory Coast on Friday.
The referee initially ignored added-time appeals for a foul, however modified his choice to a penalty after reviewing the incident on the VAR pitchside monitor.
Mahious, scorer of the one targets in group victories over Libya and Ethiopia, calmly slotted the 96th-minute spot-kick into the nook of the online whereas goalkeeper Ayayi Folly barely moved.
A solitary objective at all times appeared more likely to settle an in depth, bodily encounter earlier than a near-capacity crowd on the 40,000-seat Stade Nelson Mandela in Algiers.
Clear-cut scoring probabilities had been scarce with Mahious the point of interest of many Algerian assaults within the second half of the primary quarter-final.
Both sides had been lowered to 10 males in a gap half that saved the spectacular Mauritanian referee on his toes.
Algeria goalkeeper Alexis Guendouz was first to be dismissed when he charged out of his penalty space on 20 minutes and dealt with the ball after fouling Sankara Karamoko.
The numerical benefit loved by the Ivorians lasted solely 14 minutes, nevertheless, earlier than Kouassi Attohoula was red-carded following a deal with that left Mokhtar Belkhiter wincing with ache.
After 4 matches within the capital, Algeria will journey west to Oran, the second largest metropolis, for a semi-final showdown with Ghana or Niger on Tuesday.
Appearing for less than the second time in a match restricted to footballers taking part in of their nation of beginning, Algeria hope to enhance on a fourth-place end in Sudan 12 years in the past.
Hosts have historically struggled within the CHAN with 2018 winners Morocco the one one among six champions who maximised house benefit.
In Annaba, Senegal, concerned within the finals for the primary time since 2011, edged west African neighbours Mauritania 1-0 in one other quarter-final determined by a penalty.
A shirt-pulling incident provided a possibility for the Senegalese to go forward on 34 minutes and so they took it with teenager Lamine Camara firing previous goalkeeper Namori Diaw.
On Saturday, first-time quarter-finalists Madagascar and Mozambique conflict in Constantine adopted by two-time runners-up Ghana in opposition to Niger in Oran.
