AFP, Port-Gentil :
Herve Renard will be hoping to move a step closer to winning a third Africa Cup of Nations crown when he leads Morocco into a quarter-final against Egypt in Port-Gentil on Sunday evening.
The dashing Frenchman eliminated the Ivory Coast, the side he led to the title in 2015, as Morocco made the knockout phase of a Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004.
Also the architect of Zambia’s unlikely triumph in Gabon in 2012, Renard’s aim now is to become the first coach to win the title three times with three different countries.
It would be another triumph against the odds, given the number of key players Morocco lost to injury before jetting off to Gabon, but they displayed their fighting qualities to make it out of their group.
“There are superior teams to us in the competition, but when they are up against us they have to prove it,” said Renard after dumping out the Ivorians in Oyem.
