Brahim Díaz kept Morocco’s Africa Cup of Nations title hopes on track while five-time winner Cameroon beat South Africa 2-1 for a showdown with the host nation in the quarterfinals.

Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Siyabonga Ngezana, Nkosinathi Sibisi the three centrebacks. Samukele Kabini, in for Aubrey Modiba, and Khuliso Mudau the wingbacks outside of a central midfield two of Bathusi Aubaas and Teboho Mokoena, who might be asked to get forward more.

Kamdem did not appear in Marrakech, and he is yet to feature across two games in Morocco, but his presence at AFCON 2025 might, in some ways, come to symbolise the civil war that has ripped through Cameroonian football over the past 18 months.

Archbishop Samuel Kleda of the Archdiocese of Douala in Cameroon has outlined a moral and social vision for the Central African nation, calling for a change of hearts that would translate into forgiveness, unity, justice, and an end to violence.