Kwadwo Asamoah suffered late heartache as Ghana were eliminated at the semi-final stage of the 2013 African Cup of Nations against Burkina Faso on penalties.
All appeared to be going to plan when Mubarak Wakaso put the Black Stars ahead from the spot after just 13 minutes, only for Burkina Faso to rally and take the game to extra time with Aristide Bance’s equaliser on the hour mark.
Following 120 minutes on a tough playing surface at the Mbombela Stadium, Ghana’s fate was sealed when Issac Vorsah, Emmanuel Clottey and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu missed from 12 yards to set up Burkina Faso’s first ever appearance in the tournament’s final act.
Over in Amsterdam, Italy rescued a share of the spoils in added time through Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti. Holland had initially taken the lead when Jeremain Lens found a way past a seemingly impenetrable Gigi Buffon on 33 minutes.
Joining the Bianconeri shot stopper in Cesare Prandelli’s starting line-up were Andrea Pirlo and Andrea Barzagli. Pirlo was replaced by Alessandro Diamanti at the interval, while Barzagli made way for Andrea Ranocchia with 15 minutes remaining.
Elsewhere, Arturo Vidal and Mauricio Isla were on the victorious side as Chile ran out 3-2 winners over Egypt, while Stephan Lichtsteiner’s Switzerland played out a goalless draw in Greece.
Martin Caceres featured for the entire 90 minutes of Uruguay’s 3-1 defeat against reigning World Champions Spain in Qatar.
Luca Marrone was an unused substitute as the Italian Under-21s recorded a 1-0 success over Germany, while Paul Pogba helped the France Under-20 side to a 2-0 success over Portugal on Tuesday night.
Source: Juventus.com
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