Hello and welcome to our LIVE text and social media commentary of this first AFCON semi-final as Burkina Faso take on Egypt at Stade de l’Amitee. Team news to follow shortly.
TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations / Semi-final
Stade de l'Amitié / 01.02.2017
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Updated 01/02/2017 at 21:44 GMT
18.20
Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny will not feature tonight due to a calf injury and striker Marwan Mohsen is on the bench because of a knee niggle.
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Image credit: Reuters
18.15
Egypt coach Hector Cuper: "It is not an ideal situation, but we have no choice but to adapt. The players will be given time to rehabilitate and hopefully they will be ready come Wednesday night."
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18.10
Burkina Faso: Koffi, Tago, Dayo, Kone, Coulibaly, Traore, Kabore, Traore, Blati Toure, Nakoulma, Bance.
Egypt: El Hadary, Elmohamady, Hegazy, Gabr Mossad, Ahmed Ibrahim, El Said Hamed, Salah, El Said, Hassan, Abdel-Moneim.
18.05
Both teams come into tonight’s clash boasting unbeaten records in the tournament with Egypt yet to concede. But Egypt have had less time to recover from overcoming Morocco.
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