Bertrand Traore misses!!!! Egypt qualify for the final!!!
Warda scores for Egypt!
keeper Herve Koffi misess as Hadary saves for Egypt!!
Salah scores for Egypt!
Yago scores for Burkina Faso.
Hegazy scores for Egypt !
Burkina Faso score through Diawara!
Egypt score through Ramadan!
Burkina Faso score Alain Traore!
Egypt miss through El-Said!
Football Soccer - African Cup of Nations - Semi Finals - Burkina Faso v Egypt- Stade de l'Amitie - Libreville, Gabon - 1/2/17 Burkina Faso players before penalties (Reuters)
The ref blows the whistle as we head now to penalties.
Free-kick for Burkina from a dangerous position.
Burkina continue to pile up the pressure...
Nakoulma strikes wide from inside the area...
The second half begins.
The ref ends the first half of extra time.
Hamed usually focuses on targeting Salah with long-range through balls in behind.
Nakoulma goes straight onto the Egypt defense before striking wide.
Egypt's main source of creativity comes from Ramadan, who audaciously takes on a handful of challengers with his great dribbling skills.
With Egypt clearly fatigued, the Pharaohs are forced to endure a nightmarish spell of pressure!
Bance runs into the channel and strikes from a tight angle but hits the side-netting.
The first half of extra time kicks off.
The referee blows the whistle. We're now into extra-time.
The veteran El-Hadary again and again tips over the bar for a corner for Burkina Faso.
Bance sees his poweful free-kick blocked in what has become a routive save by evergreen keeper El-Hadary.
Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi has injected much-needed zeal with his introduction.
Amr Warda sees a curled effort from distance go wide...
Nakoulma beats Elmohamady one on one before striking towards the near post, as keeper Hadary again blocks!
Bance finds the net at the near post after receiving the ball inside the area, with Ibrahim Salah largely responsible for the concession.
GOAL! Burkina Faso equalize through Bance.
The Pharaohs will now need to weather an immense Burkina Faso strom in the remaining minutes!
A superbly-placed effort from Salah from outside the box following Kahraba's layoff gives Egypt the lead!!
GOOOOOOOOAAALLLL!!!!! Egypt take the lead!!!
The Egyptians are continually caught in possession, resulting in dangerous counter-attacks for Burkina Faso.
A blunder from Ibrahim Salah results in a counter attack for the opponents, but the all goes out for corner.
Keeper El-Hadary again saves Nakoulma's cross from the right!
Kahraba misses the next match following a second bookable offence in his second game in the competition.
Tarek Hamed finds Trezeguet in space with a great long range ball but the threat is eventually cleared by the Burkinabis. Out for corner.
Hadary saves Bertrand's free kick towards the near post!
The linesman adjudges Ali Gabr to have handled the ball outside the area while engaging with Bance..
The ref blows the half-time whistle.
Burkina Faso defense duo Bakary Kone and Coulibaly collide into one another as the latter is currently receiving treatment!
Traore's free-kick towards the right goes over the bar..
Traore again strikes, with keeper Hadary saving again!!
Kahraba receives the ball outside the box before seeing his strike saved by the keeper, as Salah fails on the rebound!
Nakoulma another player to miss the target from outside the area.
Bertrand Traore tries a strike from distance, but saved by Hadary.
Egypt need to hold onto the ball a bit...
Despite being guarded by Hegazy, Bance is given the chance to hit a backward kick that went high!
Nakoulma cuts inside Elmohamady before striking but sees his effort go high over!
WHAT A STRIKE!!! Trezeguet cuts inside before striking with his stronger right foot as the ball misses the target by inches!! SO CLOSE!!
Burkina Faso's midfielder Prejuce Nakoulma (L) challenges Egypt's midfielder Tarek Hamed during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final football match between Burkina Faso and Egypt at the Stade de l'Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville on February 1, 2017 AFP
Salah attempts a through ball for the onrushing El-Said inside the area but little space for the Ahly man.
Hadary blocks a shot from Blati after failing to properly punch a previous ball away!!
Abdou Razak attempts a strike from outside the area but straight into Hadary's hands.
Egypt are backing off as usual from the early stages!
The match gets underway!
The national anthems are currently being played.
Both teams are in the tunnel now as they prepare to step onto the pitch..
Zamalek defensive midfielder Ibrahim Salah is expected to provide further steel to Egypt's midfield alongside club teammate Hamed in front of the defense.
Both teams are currently warming up now...
Burkina Faso manager Paulo Duarte starts with the attacking trio of Traore, Bance and Nakoulma this time, after Bance was left out of the starting XI in the win over Tunisia.
With Kahraba leading the line for Egypt, he is expected to provide further dynamism in attacking areas, but will lack the aerial-ball-winning ability that characterised injured Ahly frontman Marwan Mohsen.
Burkina Faso forward Aristide Bance said that Essam El-Hadary's clean sheet in this Africa Cup of Nations edition will soon come to an end against The Stallions.
Zamalek midfielder Ibrahim Salah makes his first appearance at the tournament, taking Mohamed Elneny's place in the heart of midfield to partner club teammate Tarek Hamed. Winger Mahmoud Kahraba, scorer of the winner against Morocco, makes his first start as a lone striker following the injury of Ahmed Kouka and Marwan Mohsen.
With the absence of left-back Mohamed Abdel-Shafi continues, it remains to be seen whether Cuper would field versatile defender Ahmed Fathi on the left, or prefer Basel full-back Omar Gaber.
Kouka's injury leaves manager Cuper without a proper targetman, with natural wingers Mohamed Salah and Mahmoud 'Kahraba' the only options available for the center-forward role.
Sporting Braga striker Ahmed Hassan Kouka has become the latest player to sit out the Burkina Faso clash through injury, with a pelvic problem keeping him out of the semi-final.
Should Egypt win, they will face either Ghana or Cameroon in the final on Sunday.
"It is not an ideal situation, but we have no choice but to adapt," the 61-year-old tactician said.
"The players will be given time to rehabilitate and hopefully they will be ready come Wednesday night."
Egypt will breathe a sigh of relief that they will no longer play in Port Gentil, where they struggled to move the ball around because of a terrible pitch during the group-stage games, but they were given just two days to prepare for the Burkina Faso clash after eliminating Morocco.
"I'm very sad because of these injuries but I'm confident the other players we have can step in and cover," Argentinean boss Cuper told a news conference ahead of the match, which will take place at the Libreville Stadium in Gabon's capital.
Versatile defender Ahmed Fathi is likely to partner Tarek Hamed in the heart of Egypt's midfield, with Hull City's Ahmed Elmohamady expected to keep his place as a right-back.
The mounting injuries may force coach Hector Cuper to field rookie left-back Karim Hafez again although the French-based defender was largely exposed against Morocco before being replaced shortly after the hour mark.
But they will have to do without a number of regulars as they battle more injuries, with lone striker Marwan Mohsen becoming the latest casualty after tearing a cruciate knee ligament in the 1-0 quarter-final victory over Morocco on Sunday.
Egypt also came back from two goals down to record a 4-2 group-stage win over Burkina Faso in an exciting group-stage game in the 2000 Nations Cup.
The Pharaohs met Burkina Faso at the same stage 19 years ago, claiming a 2-0 win thanks to a brace from their all-time leading scorer Hossam Hassan.
Egypt can draw inspiration from a famous win over then hosts Burkina Faso in 1998 when they meet the same opponents in the African Cup of Nations semi-final on Wednesday, but will have to make up for more and more injuries.
Match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT+2)