AFCON 2021, Burkina Faso 3-3 Cameroon (3-5 pens): Hosts stage three-goal comeback to claim third place

The
tournament
hosts
trailed
to
strikes
from
Steeve
Yago
and
Djibril
Ouattara,
either
side
of
an
Andre
Onana
own
goal,
with
49
minutes
played
of
Saturday’s
third-place
play-off.

But
Stephane
Bahoken
pulled
one
back
and
substitute
Vincent
Aboubakar
scored
twice
in
the
space
of
two
minutes
late
on
to
force
penalties,
which
Cameroon
edged
5-3.

Cameroon
made
nine
changes
from
their
semi-final
loss
to
Egypt
and
that
told
when
Yago
volleyed
in
from
an
Issa
Kabore
cross.

Onana,
one
of
those
to
retain
his
place
in
the
side,
comically
deflected
Kabore’s
cross
into
his
own
net
and
Ouattara
headed
in
a
third
for
Burkina
Faso
early
in
the
second
half.

After
Bahoken
fired
in
from
close
range
with
19
minutes
to
go,
half-time
substitute
Aboubakar
headed
in
a
second
Cameroon
goal
and
then
poked
home
a
third
moments
later.

That
led
to
a
shoot-out
and,
after
the
first
five
penalties
were
converted,
Onana
denied
Blati
Toure
to
tee
up
Ambroise
Oyongo
to
convert
the
winning
kick
for
Cameroon.