{"id":290499,"date":"2017-02-01T22:10:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=290499"},"modified":"2017-02-01T22:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:10:56","slug":"afcon-2017-egypt-beat-burkina-faso-on-penalties-to-reach-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/afcon-2017-egypt-beat-burkina-faso-on-penalties-to-reach-final\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2017: Egypt beat Burkina Faso on penalties to reach final"},"content":{"rendered":"
Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations final after beating Burkina Faso 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n
Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary proved Egypt’s hero, saving Bertrand Traore’s spot-kick to secure victory.<\/p>\n
In normal time Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Egypt when he curled a superb shot into the top left corner.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso became the first side to score against Egypt this tournament when Aristide Bance chested down Charles Kabore’s cross and volleyed in.<\/p>\n
The Burkinabe, who were the more adventurous and ambitious side throughout normal play, took an immediate advantage in the shootout.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Herve Koffi, only 20 years old, magnificently pushed Abdallah El Said’s spot-kick on to the post.<\/p>\n
But he later turned from hero to villain when he stepped up to take his side’s fourth penalty and was unable to beat El Hadary – who at 24 years his senior is the oldest Nations Cup player in history.<\/p>\n
El Hadary’s experience – he now has a chance to win his fifth African title – proved vital as he then saved Bertrand Traore’s effort to send Burkina Faso home.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations final after beating Burkina Faso 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw. Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary proved Egypt’s hero, saving Bertrand Traore’s spot-kick to secure victory. In normal time Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Egypt when he curled a superb shot into the top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[2497,3635,3636],"yoast_head":"\n