Mali beat Burkina Faso (2-1) to reach the quarter-finals of the African Cup. The “Elephants’ have always beaten them at the CAN, in the groups in 2008 (3-0), in the semi-finals in 2012 (1-0) and in the round of 16 in 2019.
The men of French coach Hubert Velud also missed their start to the second half, letting Lassana Kone slip away to score.