Salah will of course be the main threat for Egypt but Marmoush stepped up in the quarterfinal with a big early goal and will be needed to stretch Senegal's solid defense. Egypt haven't looked great defensively and may need to embrace the chaos of an end-to-end game, and rely on the quality of Salah and Marmoush, if they're going to reach the final.

Di semi-final matches for di 2025 Africa Cup of go start on Thursday, 14 January.

Asked which teams he expects to contest the AFCON final, Utaka said: “I’m expecting a final between Egypt and Nigeria, and I think Nigeria will win this edition.”