BURKINA FASO BEAT TUNISIA TO BOOK SEMI-FINAL SPOT

Wayne Lumbasi

Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 advanced to the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations as they defeated Tunisia 🇹🇳 1-0 in an end to end encounter in Garoua.

After an open 45 minutes, the stallions took the lead with the last kick of the first half, courtesy of a fine individual effort from Dango Ouattara to grab his first international goal. Hero Ouattara turned villain eight minutes from time when a yellow card for elbowing Ali Maaloul was changed to a red after the Botswana referee checked the touchline VAR monitor.

Burkina Faso, who are ranked 60th in the world, have won all four AFCON quarters they have ever played.

It’s the third time in the last five editions of the continental championship that Burkina Faso have got to the semi-finals and they will next take on winners of Sunday’s quarter finals in Yaoundé between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea.

📹 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒: 🇧🇫 1-0 🇹🇳 #TeamBurkinaFaso reach the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 semi-finals after narrowly beating the Eagles of Carthage 🐎

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