2017 AFCON: BURKINA FASO (3) 1-1 (4) EGYPT – AS IT HAPPENED

by Staff Reporter

Wednesday Feb 01, 2017. 23:50

Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations semifinal game between Burkina Faso and Egypt at the Stade de l'Amitieon, Wednesday February 02.

LINEUPS:

Burkina Faso XI: Koffi, Yago, Dayo, B. Koné, Y. Coulibaly, Kaboré, I. Touré, R. Traoré, B. Traoré, Bancé, Nakoulma.

Egypt XI v Burkina Faso: El-Hadary, El Mohamady, Hegazy, Gabr, Fathy, Hamed, M. Salah, I. Salah, Said, Trezeguet, Kahraba.

COMMENTARY:

They will now take on the winner between Ghana and Cameroon in Sunday's final, while the Stallions face the losing team in the third-place play-off on Saturday.

Thank you for joining us for the semi-final game between Burkina Faso and Egypt which was won by the Pharaohs on penalties.


Egypt win 4-3 on penalties

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso) Penalty Shootout - Fail

Amr Warda (Egypt) Penalty Shootout - Goal.


Herve Koffi Kouakou (Burkina Faso) Penalty Shootout - Fail.

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Penalty Shootout - Goal.

Steeve Yago (Burkina Faso) Penalty Shootout - Goal.

Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Penalty Shootout - Goal.

Banou Diawara (Burkina Faso) Penalty Shootout - Goal.

Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt) Penalty Shootout - Goal.


Alain Traore (Burkina Faso) Penalty Shootout - Goal.

Abdallah Said (Egypt) Penalty Shootout - Fail

End of the game: Burkina Faso 1-1 Egypt. A penalty shootout to follow.

120' - The fourth official has added one minute.

115' - Alain Traore has a chance to win it for Burkina Faso from a free-kick, but it is blocked by the Egyptian wall.

110' - Bertrand Traore tries to dribble past Fathy, but the latter makes a good tackle to stop the Burkina Faso attacker. Less than 10 minutes left on clock.

106' - Egypt sub: Gaber comes on for Elmohammady. That's Egypt's last change.

106' - The second-half of extra-time is underway.

105' - The first-half of extra time ends.

105' - Alain Traore tries to make an immediate impact, but the Burkina Faso forward's cross goes wide of the target.


102' - Burkina Faso sub: Alain Traore replaces Bance. That's the Stallions' second change.

100' - Egypt are now pushing forward in numbers as they look to take the lead for the second time tonight.

95' - Bance tries to beat El-Hadary at the near-post, but his low shot goes wide of the target. Burkina Faso continue to press Egypt.

91' The first-half of extra-time is underway.

FULL-TIME: Burkina Faso 1-1 Egypt. Extra Time to follow.

93' - GREAT SAVE! El-Hadary pulls off a great save finger-tipping Diawara's effort over the crossbar. The 44-year-old keeper has been in top form tonight.

90' - Three minutes added by the fourth official.

85' - Egypt sub: Sobhi comes on for Trezeguet. That's the second change for the Pharaohs.

82' - GREAT SAVE! Nakoulma beats his marker, before forcing El-Hadary into a great save at his near-post. The Stallions are pushing for the winning goal.


80' - Burkina Faso sub: Diawara comes on for Razack Traore. That's the Stallions' first change.


76' - Egypt sub: Warda replaces Kahraba. That's the first change of the game.

75' - Bance controlled the ball beautifully in the Egypt box, before firing home - beating El-Hadary in the process. Game on!


72' - GOAL! Bance restores parity for the Stallions. Burkina Faso 1-1 Egypt.

70' - Less than twenty minutes left on the clock for the Stallions to find the equalizing goal.

66' - Kahraba set-up Salah, who unleashed a good curling shot into the back of the net - beating Koffi hands down.


65' - GOAL! Salah fires Egypt into the lead. Burkina 0-1 Egypt.

60' - Razack Traore plays a low cross into the Egypt box and El-Hadary gathers the ball with ease. But the Burkina Faso attacker goes down injured afterwards.

55' - CAUTION: Kahraba is booked. That's his second consecutive yellow card and he will miss either the third-place play-off or final.

50' - The Stallions are still doing most of the attacking against the Pharaohs, who are too defensive.

49' - GOOD SAVE! Bertrand Traore forces El-Hadary into a good save from a free-kick.

46' - The second-half is underway here in Libreville.

HALF-TIME: Burkina Faso 0-0 Egypt

45' - The fourth official has added one minute.

40' - Burkina Faso have a chance to take the lead from a free-kick, but Bertrand Traore fires over the crossbar.

40' - CAUTION: Fathy is booked.

35' - Egypt keeper El-Hadary is called into action as he gathers Bertrand Traore's shot from outside the box. The Pharaohs are sitting too deep.

30' - Stallions forward Bertrand Traore's free-kick is cleared away as Burkina Faso continue to push for the opening goal.

25' - It remains goalless here in Libreville as we approach the half-hour mark. The Stallions have been the better side thus far.

20' - The Pharaohs of Egypt are struggling to penetrate the Stallions defence, who are led by Bakary Kone of Malaga in Spain.

15' - Bance, the Burkina Faso striker, tries his luck from range and his attempt goes wide of the target without troubling El-Hadary in Egypt goal-posts.

10' - The Stallions of Burkina Faso have started lively as they look to grab an early lead. El-Hadary has been kept very busy in the Egypt goal-posts thus far.

5' - Burkina Faso forward Razack Traore forces Egypt goalkeeper El-Hadary into an easy save with a shot from outside the box.

1' - The match is underway here in Libreville.

Both teams are on the pitch as kick-off approaches.

The last time Burkina Faso and Egypt met was last year February. Pharaohs of Egypt beat Burkina Faso's Stallions 2-0 in an international friendly played in Borg El Arab.

Burkina Faso and Egypt booked their places in the semi-finals after defeating Tunisia, and Morocco respectively in the quarter-finals last weekend.