AFCON: Tunisia stunned Nigeria to reach the quarter finals with a 1-0 | Football Stories

Tunisia face Burkina Faso in the quarterfinals after eliminating three AFCON champions Nigeria.

Nigeria have been knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations by a 1-0 win over Tunisia in the last 16 matches on Sunday in the Cameroon city of Garoua.

Tunisian midfielder Youssef Msakni fired a long shot 47 minutes long enough to reach the Eagles of Carthage quarterfinals.

Nigeria, the only team to have won all three of their group games, could have come back without Alex Iwobi’s red card in the 66th minute.

Tunisia, which lost twice in the group stage and just went through as one of the third best teams, beat Nigeria in a goalless draw in Garoua on the first day of boxing.

“We allowed them to excel in the game,” said Joe Aribo of Nigeria. “We can’t take anything away from them, but we would be fine.”

Tunisia did the job without coach Mondher Kebaier, who was isolating himself in his hotel room instead of standing aside after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Tunisia meets Burkina Faso in the quarterfinals.

Burkina Faso conquered Gabon

Burkina Faso, for its part, defeated Gabon by firing on Limbe earlier on Sunday after rebel forces seized security at their home, raising it. fear of seizing power.

His successor Ismahila Ouédraogo put the ball in place and Burkina Faso won 7-6 to win over Gabon’s courage.

Burkina Faso led 1-0, and Gabon knocked out a man in the 67th. But Gabon, who has 10 players, matched his goal through Burkina Faso’s goalkeeper Adama Guira to extend the game.

It went 1-1 until the extra time.

Burkina Faso twice had a chance to win a shot at the Gabonese players after they missed. But the Burkina Faso players climbed up and missed again.

Ouédraogo’s maximum penalty was 18th in the game. He scored when Lloyd Palun of Gabon hit a post when his team missed the third and final.

Burkina Faso were 1-0 in good time through captain Bertrand Traoré’s first-half goal as Gabon sent off defender Sidney Obissa with 20 minutes to go for the second yellow card.

Obissa pulled the Burkina Faso player with a shirt off the ball as the Burkinabes rushed forward.

It was a sad day for Obissa, who picked up her first yellow card when she handed the first penalty kick to Burkina Faso’s Issa Kaboré on the edge of the pitch.

Tunisian players celebrate after winning the game [Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP]

Traoré missed the penalty early in the game, but he managed 10 minutes later when he ran for the ball and threw the ball under Gabonese midfielder Jean-Noël Amonome, who came out on top.

The ball bounced off the inside of the post and entered, and Traoré jumped on the billboard and ran on the track to celebrate in front of the huge Burkina Faso flag in the crowd.

To chase the game 1-0 down, 10 Gabonese men sat dangerously on Obissa’s back but were proud to make the final attempt from the corner in the first minute of injury time and Gabon captain Bruno Ecuele Manga fired home. Guira and her net to take extra time.

Cameroon play their first match against Comoros in the last 16 on Monday, with Comoros looking set to put players as players due to the virus epidemic in its squad.

Guinea plays Gambia, another starter, in other games.