Burkina Faso beat 10-man Gabon on penalties to reach the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon following a 1-1 draw. Ismahila Ouedraogo netted to give the Stallions a 7-6 win in the shoot-out.
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Morocco drew 2-2 with Gabon in Yaounde in one of the games of the Africa Cup of Nations so far as both sides progressed from Group C. The Atlas Lions fell behind in the first half as Gabon’s Jim Allevinah slid past the onrushing keeper. Morocco’s equaliser from the penalty spot by Sofiane Boufal after 74 minutes sparked a thrilling finale.
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Gabon scored a controversial late goal against Ghana to draw their Africa Cup of Nations Group C match 1-1. The result puts Gabon, missing captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with ‘heart lesions’, on the verge of the last 16. Andre Ayew had put Ghana in front in the 18th minute, but his strike was cancelled out by Jim Allevinah’s 88th-minute equaliser.
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