Phil Egan

Host Morocco take on Nigeria at 8 o'clock, but before that at 5 o'clock at Senegal against Egypt, where old Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah will go up against each other.

On last night's football show, the Athletics' Karl Anka joined Owen Sheehan and explained why winning Africa's biggest football tournament is so important.

And if you want to hear that chat back in full, you can do so now in your OGB football podcast feed.

And Real Madrid will begin life under Alvaro Arbeloa tonight after the sacking of Xabi Alonso on Monday.

Real take on Albacete in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey.

Reports in Spain say that former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is one of the top candidates to replace Alonso.

Antonio Conte and Enzo Maresca have also been mentioned.

Spanish football journalist Graeme Hunter joined Owen Sheehan to explain how Madrid might look under Arbeloa.

Real Madrid now need an Ancelotti type more than ever at this juncture, even though all the success he's had at the club, it feels like he's the perfect fit to almost slot back into this.

just be so clever about getting them on side without them even noticing put their their hands to the plow rather than getting the whip out and shouting at them and that's about all we have time for in today's football daily i'm phil egan i'll be back with more tomorrow to unlock much more from the otb football feed sign up at off the ball.com forward slash join now