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AFCON: Burkina Faso beat Ghana to third place
Alain Traore scored the only goal during Saturday’s third-place match at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, as Burkina Faso triumphed 1-0 over Ghana.
The Black Stars dominated most of the match but couldn’t convert their many chances, but Traore struck close to the final whistle, bending home a free-kick.
The Turkey-based attacker thumped an angled free-kick over goalkeeper Richard Ofori and into the net, to win the Bronze for his side, which finished runners-up four years ago
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The defeat sent Ghana to fourth place for the third time in the past four Nations Cup tournaments – as they had lost to Zambia in 1996, and Mali twice in 2012 and 2013.
But for the Burkinabe, the victory was their first ever win in a third place match. They had lost to DR Congo in the third place match in 1998.
And as the 2017 edition of the CAF competition comes to a close, the final showdown of the tournament will be between Cameroon and Egypt on Sunday at Libreville.
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