AFCON2021: Stallions of Burkina Faso overthrow Panthers of Gabon to book quarter final spot

By Bih Emmaculate

The Stallions

The stallions of Bukinar Faso have made it to the quarter finals after finishing 2nd in pool A with 4 points.

The 90 minutes match played in limbe was a tussle as Bertrand Traoré failed to give Burkina  Faso a lead at the 18th minute ,missing a golden penalty opportunity. The Aston villa premier league sticker again at the 28th minute of play ended the Zero tie with a curtain raiser goal giving Burkina Faso the lead all through the match untill Adama Guira of Burkina Faso returned the match to a tie with 1-1 tie at the 90th minute taking the match to an extra time and penalty shootout. 

The game between the stallions and the Panthers was a furious struggle as Gabon aggressively picked up 8 yellow cards and 1 red card while Burkina Faso picked 6 yellow card.

 After a intense penalty shootout, Burkina Faso emerged winners with 7 penalty goals against 6 penalty goals for Gabon. The stallions of Burkina Faso now stand the chance of playing with either Nigeria or Tunisia at the quarter finals.