Teenager Dango Ouattara scored on the stroke of halftime to ensure a 1-0 win for Burkina Faso over Tunisia in their Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal at the Roumde Adjia Stadium in Garoua, Cameroon on Saturday.
Ouattara, 19, held off two defenders to strike home the ball from close range after a breakaway attack in the third minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half.
It is the third time in the last five editions of the continental championship that Burkina Faso have reached the semifinals and they will next take on the winners of Sunday’s quarter in Yaounde between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea. Toure’s long pass was perfectly weighted for Ouattara to run onto but he lost momentum as the defence closed in on him, only to check his run, hold off two defenders and still hammer home his shot.
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