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Afriyie was among the returnees to the coach’s line-up for the final, taking back his place – at the expense of Issah Huda – after dropping to the bench for the semi-final 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over Niger. Ofori McCarthy was also a new face in the starting set-up, replacing Abdul Mugees Zakaria. Burkina Faso opened the scoring in the 16th minute through Kouame who capitalised on a defensive error to put his side 1-0 up. Afriyie, however, repaid coach Zito’s faith with the equaliser five minutes to half-time after pouncing on a Boah free-kick. Boah turned finisher in the second half, putting in a 79th minute free-kick into the net in what would ultimately turn out to be the match-winner. ....