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Africa Cup of Nations Roundup: Benin Claim Historic Win & Senegal Claim Last 8 Berth

The last 16 stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations got underway on Friday and the drama continued as Benin claimed a famous penalty-shootout victory over Morocco to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

Elsewhere, Senegal scraped past Uganda with a 1-0 win to progress to the next stage, as they hope to make it to the final four of the competition for the first time since 2002.

Check out 90min's review of both games below:

Having qualified from the group stages of the competition for the first time in their history, Benin were unfancied against a Morocco side which boast a number of top class players.