After a goalless first 45 minutes in Garoua in Cameroon, it looked like the two teams would go into the break on level terms. However, in the third minute of added time, Burkina Faso's Dango Ouattara found the back of the net. Tapsoba and Co. stood up to the pressure from Tunisia in the second half and continued to resist despite having a man sent off on 83 minutes. The Leverkusen player was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes.
Burkina Faso celebrated their biggest success in the competition since the lost semi-final in 2017 (against Egypt on penalty) and the 1-0 defeat in the final of 2013 against Nigeria.
Tonight will decide who Tapsoba and his teammates face in the semi-final (Wednesday 2 February, 20.00 CET): Senegal and the surprise team from Equatorial Guinea meet for a place in the last four. Cameroon are already through to the semi-finals and their opponents will be either Egypt or Morocco. The final will be played on Sunday 6 February at 20.00 CET.
All matches in the Africa Cup of Nations are broadcast live on the streaming service DAZN.
Today brings the first match of the season for the Werkself. Bayer 04 kick off the 2026/27 campaign today, Saturday 22 August, at 13:00 CEST with a first-round DFB Pokal tie away to third-tier side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. The 3,700 travelling fans can not only look forward to what will hopefully be a successful start to the season, but also now organise their journeys to Black and Reds games even more easily via the WERKSELFgo car-share platform. Meanwhile, following two defeats at the start of the league season, SV Wehen are hoping to spring a surprise in the DFB Pokal tie. Today’s matchday news.
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Carolin Simon is the new captain of the Bayer 04 women’s team. The full-back, who joined from Bayern Munich in the summer, will take over the captain’s armband for the 2026/27 season. Simon returned to Leverkusen in the summer after ten years away. The 33-year-old succeeds goalkeeper Friederike Repohl, who retired at the end of last season.
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Bayer 04 start the 2026/27 season away to third-division side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Ahead of the DFB Pokal tie on Saturday 22 August (kick-off: 13:00 CEST), head coach Carles Martínez spoke at the pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon. The topics: anticipation, passion, the fans’ support – and the captaincy for the new season.
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After 62 days of preparation, the time has finally come: the Werkself kick off the new Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga season on Sunday (16:00 CEST) with an away match at RB Leipzig. Following a major shake-up over the summer, with eleven players leaving and twelve new signings, initial impressions from the past few weeks have given manager Roberto Pätzold great cause for optimism.
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SV Wehen Wiesbaden undoubtedly envisaged a different start to the new season. After two matchdays, the Hessen side currently sit bottom of the Liga 3 table. On Saturday 22 August (kick-off: 13:00 CEST), SVWW host the Werkself in the first round of the DFB Pokal at their home ground, the BRITA Arena. It was there, in this very competition a year ago, that the club almost pulled off a massive upset. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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