Ghana to face Mali in AFCON third-place playoff
Posted On Wednesday, 6th February 2013
Ghana will meet Nigeria if they beat Burkina Faso on Wednesday night
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana will meet Mali in the third-place playoff of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after falling to Burkina Faso in the semi-final on Wednesday.
Nigeria cruised to a 4-1 victory over Mali in Durban to reach the final for the first time in more than a decade.
Burkina Faso needed extra time and a penalty shootout to get past favourite Ghana in Nelspruit.
Burkina Faso won 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in regulation, making it to the final for the first time.
This means Ghana will meet Mali in the third-place playoff in Port Elizabeth on Saturday while Nigeria take on Burkina Faso in the final on Sunday in Johannesburg.
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let them play first before talking abt playing in the final
this article is not necessary, who doesnt know that Ghana will meet Nigeria if they beat BFaso
Hahahahahaha…ghana,keep dreaming..its nigeria vs burkina faso final.mark my word.naija is simply the best in africa.we r wining the tornament come sunday
thank u lasasu..as we all see this article is nt necessary
Hahahahahahahaha! Which Ghana, the ones Zambia beat in the 2012 semifinals
say who
Please delete this story idiots
You guys are always blow your trumpet stupid politicians
Ashanti region lost to Burkina Faso very well. We need de lucky Ayews 2 win any tournament. Out kwesi appiah!! Dont jealous de exceptional Ayews!!! Shame on you. U’ve let Ghana down.
wake up!!!!!!!!!!!……….. are you still dreaming?! it Burkina to play the final and not you black stars!!!!!
WIN BEFORE YOU TALK AAABBAA!!
in ur dreams will yu play nigeria, go nd play wt dem nd let sea. disappointing black stars, aaaaba couch Akwasi Appiah
Nonsense.Absolute rubbish. What a disgrace. After all that daylight robbery we still didn’t qualify.Useless team. USELESS COACH
BURKINA FASO THANK YOU FOR SAVING GHANA FROM DISGRACE HONESTLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN HUMILIATING FINAL HAD IT BEEN YOU PLAY NIGERIA SUPER EAGLES
AS A ZAMBIAN ITS BETTER NOT GHANA. GHANA BELONGS TO THE REPEAT 3 AND 4 TH PLAY OFF. NOW YOU BELIEVE THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. THATS HOW WE REPEATEDLY BEAT GHANA. NOW WAIT. EVEN THE LITTLE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FOR YOUR POMPOSITY. NO WORLD CUP. YOU CANT WIN WITH YOUR BLOGGERS WITH INSULTING NAMES FOR THE GOD CHOSEN NATION.
YOUR OWN PROFESSOR TOLD YOU. ITS GROUP C AGAINST GROUP C.THE REAL GROUP OF DEATH. NOT YOUR OVERATINGS.
Coach Appiah cost Ghana a place in the finals by using the same tired legs. I would like to see some of the bench players on the field come Saturday and not the same tired legs. Why play Paintsil until his body could not take it any more. The only reason why Gyan, Badu, Boye and K Asamoah made it through every minute of every game in the tournament is because they are younger. Coach please use your bench other wise you will lose another game and this time it will be against a team you have already beaten. Why did you not start Agyei when there was a potential that Ghana could be playing in a penalty shootout? Agyei is a winner who proved himself by winning the U20 World Cup.
Why bring along Kissi Boateng, Mohammed Awal, Boakye Yiadom, Anthony Annan, Agyei, Clottey, Adam, Akaminko if they will just warm the bench the whole tournament? Akaminko, Clottey and Annan were the lucky ones they got a little taste.
Agyei is noted to be more experienced goalie when it comes to penalties the media had this story out before the Burkina Faso game so Coach why not?
YOUR OWN PROFESSOR TOLD YOU. ITS GROUP C AGAINST GROUP C.THE REAL GROUP OF DEATH. NOT YOUR OVERATINGS.
http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/ghanaian-professors-predicts-ghana-afcon-doom/
Zambian for life, this Ghana team is nothing. Let them wait and see how Zambia will do bad to them this year in their own backyard.