The Burkinabe have been boosted by the rescinding of Jonathan Pitroipa's sending-off against Ghana, with officials admitting he should not have received a second booking.
JonathanPitroipa rounded off the win with the fourth in stoppage time to make it a miserable evening for the Ethiopian fans who had made up the majority of a sizable crowd in the stadium.
And we will never know what part a vigorous Twitter campaign played in helping restore Burkina Faso's star striker JonathanPitroipa to the team for the final against Nigeria after he picked up a red card in the semi-final.