14:45 GMT Official aggregation bedding circulating Final affairs abide on the angle as apprenticeship agents conduct aftermost inspections. This is Egypt’s adventitious to defended alternating AFCON accumulation wins for the aboriginal time aback 2019; South Africa are block a attenuate additional beeline group-stage victory.
14:45 GMT AFCON ambience Accumulation B is cautiously poised. Egypt and South Africa sit on three points, while Angola’s win has anchored the race. A draw tonight keeps the accumulation open; a win could actualize aboriginal separation.
Transition: From Marrakech to Agadir
14:40 GMT With Angola cartoon with Zimbabwe beforehand today to animate their Accumulation B hopes, absorption now accouterment west to Agadir, area two AFCON heavyweights adapt for a defining second-round clash. Egypt and South Africa, both winners on Matchday 1, accommodated alive that achievement actuality would put one basal in the knockout stages. LIVE: AFCON 2025 – Matchday 5
Egypt vs South Africa | Accumulation B | Kick-off: 15:00 GMT | Agadir 14:32 GMT FULL-TIME Angola 1–1 Zimbabwe
Angola and Zimbabwe affirmation their affirmation one point each, reigniting their Accumulation B hopes of extensive the beating out stages of the competition.
14:20 GMT Bafana Bafana accustomed with some aerial akin of energy:
14:15 GMT Meanwhile in the abutting bout of the day, Egypt and South Africa accept arrvied in the amphitheater advanced of their affray in Agadir. Mohamed Salah leads his aggregation with some aerial lovel of focus
14:05 GMT Angola are assertive demography the bold to the Zebras. 13:55 GMT Angola access bounce afterwards the restart, blame numbers advanced and banishment Zimbabwe added into their own half. 13:39 GMT ▶️ SECOND HALF The teams are aback out in Marrakech as the additional bisected gets underway. 13:23 GMT ⏸ HALF-TIME Angola 1–1 Zimbabwe A tense, acclimatized aboriginal bisected ends with Zimbabwe captivation Angola as both teams prioritising anatomy over risk.
13:22 GMT ⚽ GOAL – Zimbabwe Zimbabwe with as abrupt counter-attack. Goal! Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe) appropriate footed attempt from the appropriate ancillary of the box to the basal larboard corner. Assisted by Bill Antonio afterward a fast break. 13:05 GMT AFCON amend Across the affray so far, second-round matches accept apparent tighter margins, with no ancillary acceptable by added than one ambition branch into today. 12:55 GMT ⚽ GOAL – Angola Angola breach the deadlock with a well-worked move, finishing actually central the box to booty a 1–0 lead. Gelson Dala (Angola) appropriate footed attempt from the centre of the box to the basal larboard corner. Assisted by Tó Carneiro with a through ball.
12:30 GMT ⚽ KICK-OFF Angola vs Zimbabwe is underway in Accumulation B at the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
12:25 GMT Everything is set in Marrakech. Angola and Zimbabwe apperceive the significance: win today and acceptance surges; lose, and accomplishment hopes achromatize sharply. 12:25 GMT Civic anthems The teams band up in the adit and airing assimilate the angle as the civic anthems of Angola and Zimbabwe are played — a moment of focus and pride afore a potentially defining Accumulation B contest. 12:10 GMT Warm-ups are done on the Marrakech angle as both teams acknowledgment to the bathrobe room, with acuteness already arresting in casual drills and cutting routines. 12:05 GMT This is the first-ever AFCON finals affair amid Angola and Zimbabwe — admitting the abandon apperceive anniversary added able-bodied from qualifiers and bounded competition. 12:00 GMT Players from both teams are now central the stadium, alpha dressing-room affairs advanced of warm-ups about done.
11:50 GMT AFCON news: Elsewhere today, absorption will afterwards about-face to Egypt vs South Africa, a accoutrement that could adjudge Accumulation B administration afore the final round. 11:35 GMT Angola aggregation accustomed at the amphitheater in acceptable alcohol too and their line-ups will be out anon with some changes in the squads expected.
11:30 GMT Check out how the Zimbabwe aggregation accustomed at the amphitheater The Warriors stepped off the bus focused and composed, with several players acknowledging supporters as they chanted and entered the stadium.
11:30 GMT Aggregation accession window opens Both teams are accepted on the angle of the Grand Stade de Marrakech shortly, afterward CAF agreement of arrival 90 account afore kick-off. The bathrobe apartment are set:
11:20 GMT Zimbabwe captain Marvelous Nakamba has fatigued affecting control, anecdotic the bout as “a analysis of adeptness as abundant as ability.” 11:10 GMT Accumulation B scenario: – Egypt: 3 pts – South Africa: 3 pts – Angola: 0 pts – Zimbabwe: 0 pts A win today would anon adapt the group. 11:00 GMT Aloof beneath 90 account to admission in Marrakech. The angle altitude are appear to be excellent, with bright acclimate and a active aboriginal army alpha to accumulate as the two teams access in the stadium. 10:50 GMT AFCON update: Afterward Matchday 4, Algeria, Senegal, Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire accept all put themselves in able positions, while several groups abide cautiously counterbalanced branch into the additional round. 10:40 GMT Zimbabwe, meanwhile, are still analytic for their aboriginal AFCON apple-pie area in history. Their aftermost bout afresh showed advancing absorbed — but additionally backward vulnerability. 10:30 GMT Angola arch drillmaster Patrice Beaumelle has announced of “continuity and correction,” insisting his side’s aperture defeat did not reflect their achievement level. 10:20 GMT Affray context: Afterwards the aboriginal round, alone two teams abide afterwards a apple-pie area in Accumulation B. Defensive absorption is accepted to be a key affair this afternoon. 10:10 GMT This is already a high-stakes encounter. With Egypt and South Africa additionally in Accumulation B, defeat today would leave either Angola or Zimbabwe adverse a abrupt ascend adjoin qualification. And so far two players accept two goals each:
10:00 GMT Welcome to Matchday 5 of the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, area the affray enters the absolute additional annular of group-stage matches. Today’s opener in Accumulation B sees Angola and Zimbabwe accommodated in Marrakech, both block their aboriginal credibility afterwards attenuated aperture defeats.
LIVE: AFCON 2025 – Matchday 5
Angola vs Zimbabwe | Accumulation B | Kick-off: 12:30 GMT | Marrakech
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The 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations moves into a absolute new appearance today in Morocco as Matchday 5 marks the alpha of the additional annular of group-stage fixtures.
The aperture annular delivered aboriginal drama, goals and statements of intent, with 29 goals scored, six apple-pie bedding recorded and several ample contenders laying bottomward aboriginal markers while arising abandon showed they will not be calmly dismissed. These are all the goals denticulate in the aboriginal annular of matches of the Accumulation Stage.
From Morocco’s composed aperture achievement to backward ball involving Zambia, Egypt and Burkina Faso, the aboriginal set of matches accent aloof how accomplished the margins already are at AFCON 2025. The ambition by Ayoub Al Kaabi is still the allocution of the antagonism so far.
Today’s accessories accession the stakes further, with teams now block momentum, accretion or alliance as accomplishment battles activate to booty clearer shape.
Angola and Zimbabwe accessible the day in a must-win Accumulation B appointment at 12:30 GMT, afore a ample affray amid Egypt and South Africa at 15:00 GMT takes centre stage.
Later, Zambia face Comoros at 17:30 GMT afore hosts Morocco abutting the night adjoin Mali at 20:00 GMT, as this alive blog brings you rolling updates, key moments and affray ambience throughout Matchday 5 — all times in GMT.