Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the clash between Burkina Faso and Tunisia, the first of four Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Youssef Msakni provides the attacking threat for Tunisia and the attacking midfielder was mesmerising in his side’s 4-2 victory over Zimbabwe last time out. Coach Henryk Kasperczak is hopeful Msakni can produce a repeat performance this afternoon.

"Since the beginning of the tournament we have really relied on Msakni," said the Polish coach.

"We know his ability, he is a very skilful player and a technical player. He has also become efficient, offensively he is looking for goal opportunities.

"He can make the difference. He is a key player in our system and we know that he can bring us the victory."

Chelsea forward Bertrand Traore, out on loan at Ajax this season, is probably Burkina Faso’s star player and the midfielder is in fine form having scored in the 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in their final Group A game.

"Bertrand is an amazing player," said coach Paulo Duarte. "He is very strong, technical and very quick.

"Last month he was injured so he started to train again only 20 days ago. He is not at his maximum but he can help us to win.”

Burkina Faso emerged as runners-up in a tough group led by Cameroon - beating hosts Gabon to second spot - and have gone onto reach at least the semi-finals on the two occasions they have made it out of their group.

Tunisia - or the Carthage Eages as they’re known - looked ordinary against Senegal but bounced back to record impressive wins over Algeria and the Zimbabweans to progress from Group B. They can be deadly going forward where they have an abundance of pace and power but a question mark remains over their defence.

Burkina Faso: Herve Koffi, Yago, Kone, Dayo, Y. Coulibaly, P. Nakoula, A. Razack, Kabore, B. Traore, B. Cyrille, Toure Blati.

Tunisia: Mathlouthi, Ben Youssef, Abdennour, Ali Yacoubi, Naguez, Khazri, Sassi, Ben Amor, Sliti, Msakni, Khenissi.