Marruecos contra Argelia como plato principal de los cuartos de final de la Copa Árabe de fútbol

On Saturday at 20:00 at the Al-Thumama stadium in Qatar, Morocco - Algeria will be played. Two of the favourite teams and with great rivalry in the North African region. 

With the exception of Tunisia v Oman, which will be played on Friday 10 at 16:00, it seems that the matches will be neighbourly duels:

Qatar - United Arab Emirates will be played on the same day 10 but at 20:00. The hosts and favourites take on their closest neighbours.

The following day, Saturday 11 December, another neighbourly duel, Egypt - Jordan at 16:00.

The most intense match will take place on Saturday at 20:00 and will pit two neighbours who have always had a strong sporting and now political rivalry: Morocco vs Algeria.

Although it is true that the stars of the favourite teams will not be present, the matches will be followed with great intensity.

Stars such as Salah (Liverpool), Mahrez (Manchester City), Bono, En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Achraf (PSG) and Ziyech (Chelsea) will be absent.

FIFA is using the competition to test the stadiums for the next World Cup in Qatar and to test some new technological systems, such as the one that can be used to detect offside offences.