Ghana progre sed through to the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations after a goal-keeping mistake in extra time handed the Black Stars the win in an otherwise evenly matched encounter.Black Stars captain John Mensah
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Tunisia made four changes to their squad with Wi sem Ben Yahia, I sam Jemaa, Anis Bo saidi, and Rami Jeridi all out to be replaced by Mejdi Traoui, Dhaoudi Zouhaier, Aymen Mathlouthi and Aymen Abdennour.Ghana started the game brightly and after
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