Morocco v South Africa LIVE: Updates as Bafana Bafana spring huge Africa Cup of Nations shock

South Africa made it to the knockouts as runners up in Group E, qualifying with four points. They started with a disappointing draw against Tunisia and then slipped to a loss against group winners Mali. But they qualified by smashing Namibia 4-0 on the final matchday, to leapfrog their opponents into second spot.

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Morocco topped Group F with relative ease, beating Zambia and Tanzania but being held by DR Congo. That result was a concern at the time, but has been given more context by DR Congo’s subsequent knockout win over the highly-rated Egypt, who were among the favourites to win this tournament.

Morocco began this tournament as Africa’s highest ranked team in the FIFA Rankings, thanks in a large part to their brilliant run at the World Cup a little over a year ago.

With Senegal having crashed out in a shock shootout loss to the hosts yesterday, it is the Atlas Lions who are now the favourites to win their first Afcon title since 1976.

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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of Morocco v South Africa. Stay tuned for build-up, team news and live text commentary of this Round of 16 encounter in the Africa Cup of Nations.