the finest of margins. cape verde are into the quarter finals for just the second time but they had to score a late penalty against mauritania to seal their place in the last eight. benchimol was brought down by goalkeeper babacar niasse. ryan mendes made no mistake from the spot for a 1 0 win. morocco or south africa await on saturday. and that match, between the world cup semi finalists, morocco and south africa, taking place on tuesday. it s the final match in the round of 16. before that, mali face burkina faso. the winner of that tie takes on host nation ivory coast. the holders and hosts of the asian cup qatar are through to the quarterfinals of the competition after coming from behind to beat palestine. oday dabbagh scored a wonderful solo goal to give palestine the lead. they d already made history by advancing from the group stage for the first time. but qatari captain hassan al haydos equalised from a well worked corner, just before half time. akram afif s second ha