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The teams are out! Both are in their change strips. Burkina Faso wear all white, Tunisia all red. We’ll be off once anthems are sung, pennants exchanged, hands shaken and coins tossed. Here’s Peter Oh: “Burkina Faso have scored exactly one goal per match so far. And aside from a four-goal haul against Mauritania in the group stage, Tunisia have also not been banging them in, scoring a goal or less in their other matches. I suppose we’re not likely to see a glorious feast for the eyes. An attritional, scrappy, cagey display capped off by a fortunate goal from a deflection, and the subsequent parking of a gigantic bus is more likely, I reckon.”
Burkina Faso came second in Group A behind hosts Cameroon. They led the hosts in the tournament opener through a Gustavo Sangare goal, only for Vincent Aboubakar to slot two penalties during the last knockings of the first half. They followed up that 2-1 defeat with a 1-0 win over Cape Verde and a 1-1 draw with Ethiopia. In the round of 16, they were taken to penalties by Gabon after a 1-1 draw, and won the shootout 7-6.
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