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Scott Murray

Burkina Faso 1-0 Tunisia: Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final – as it happened

Burkina Faso's Dango Ouattara fires home to score the opening goal of the game with the last kick of the first half.
Burkina Faso's Dango Ouattara (right) fires home to score the only goal of the game with the last kick of the first half. Photograph: Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP/Getty Images

A bittersweet day for Dango Ouattara. He scored the decisive goal, a wonderful mixture of pace, skill and calm decision-making, sending a couple of Tunisian defenders off to the shops. But he’ll miss next week’s semi-final against either Senegal or Equatorial Guinea, having been given his marching orders for crumping his elbow onto Ali Maaloul’s jaw. Ah well, he’s the hero tonight, and he’ll always have Garoua. Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night!

FULL TIME: Burkina Faso 1-0 Tunisia

The referee blows the full-time whistle with 16 seconds of added time still remaining! Told you he does things his way. Burkina Faso reach the semi-finals for the third time in the last nine years!

Wahbi Khazri of Tunisia dejected after losing to Burkina Faso.
There’s dejection for Wahbi Khazri and his Turkish team-mates ... Photograph: BackpagePix/Shutterstock
Burkina Faso players celebrates beating Tunisia.
But joy for the Burkina Faso players. Photograph: BackpagePix/Shutterstock

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