Both teams want to make history, although they have never won the African Cup of Nations. Follow live.
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They have the same goal. On the lawn of the Ahmadou-Ahidjo stadium in Yaoundé (Cameroon), Senegalese and Burkinabés will do battle on Wednesday February 2 to reach the CAN 2022 final.
Aliou Cissé’s men, who have conceded only one goal in this competition, start as favourites. The Teranga Lions rely on a very high level framework with Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), Kalidou Koulibaly (Naples), Idrissa Gueye (PSG) and Sadio Mané (Liverpool). An armada cut to win the first African Cup in the history of Senegal, after a cruel defeat in the final against Algeria, in 2019.
Opposite, Burkina Faso also dreams of being crowned king of African football for the first time, after having come close to this happiness in 2013 (1-0 defeat in the final against Nigeria). The presence of the Stallions in the last four is a surprise. In difficulty during the group stage (a single victory), the Burkinabés then eliminated Gabon on penalties and then Tunisia thanks to a goal from Lorient’s Dango Ouattara. They approach their semi-final in a very heavy geopolitical context, after the coup in Ouagadougou.