On January 29, the match of the 1/4 finals of the African Cup of Nations will take place, in which the national team of Burkina Faso will play with the Tunisian national team. The forecast for this match is given by journalist and football scout Artur Petrosyan.
At the current African Cup, several loud sensations have already thundered, in the form of departures of the national teams of Algeria and Nigeria, who were considered favorites in the fight for the trophy, and the Algerians managed not even to get out of the group. And the quality of the game at the tournament is frankly disappointing: few goals, slow pace, a lot of fouls and cards.
The Burkina Faso national team lost only the opening match of the Cameroon national team, after which it scored 4 points and advanced to the playoffs, where the Gabonese team became rivals. The Burkinis led in the first half, but at the very end they missed a clean victory, but in the penalty shootout they still got the upper hand.
The Tunisian national team is called "African Italy", and not the modern team of Roberto Mancini, but the one that preached "catenaccio". At the group stage, the Tunisian team took only third place, losing two matches, but still went further, and in the 1/8 finals knocked out the Nigerians, thanks to the only accurate long-range strike at the beginning of the second half.
The Tunisians will again play as close as possible, striving for maximum reliability in defense. Burkinis are able to work aggressively in attack, but, having reached such a high stage, they will also be reinsured. Artur Petrosyan is betting in this match on the lack of goals in the first half.
