Burkina Faso meets Cameroon in the CAN small final on Saturday.
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The Indomitable Lions want to finish with a victory at home against Burkina Faso, Saturday February 5 (8 p.m.) in the small final of CAN 2022 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium. Only 48 hours after their defeat on penalties against Pharaohs, the Cameroonians led by Vincent Aboubakar must recover to get on the podium. In front of their audience, Toni Conceicao’s players thought they could go all the way after a successful start to the competition, but they fell to Egypt. A defeat that they want to erase as quickly as possible so as not to leave any traces in the group.
Opposite, the Stallions showed courage throughout the competition, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals by the Senegalese favorites. In Burkina Faso, their journey during this African Cup of Nations was overshadowed by the political situation in the country. On January 24, a military coup brought Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to power. Bertrand Traoré’s Burkinabés nevertheless made it to the semi-finals, stopped by Sadio Mané’s Teranga Lions.