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* Tunisia pbad Ghana on penalties
* Teams tied 1-1 after extra time (Adding details)
ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 8 (Reuters) – Tunisia beat Ghana 5-4 on penalties in their round of 16 on Monday after a draw of 1-1 to take the final quarter of the quarter-final. Africa Cup of Nations -finals.
Ferjani Sbadi scored the decisive blow of the shootout as Tunisia continued its unconvincing progress in the tournament where it will face Thursday the rookie of Madagascar Thursday.
Tunisia opened the scoring against the race when striker Taha Ybadine Khenissi scored 17 minutes.
But a goal from the break allowed Ghana to come back and force the match to extra time, while defender Rami Bedoui, who had just attempted to strengthen the defense, headed for his own goal, tempting to clear a free kick trapped. Jordan Ayew.
Tunisia was on the thick of the game for most of the match and created few chances but Khenissi proved his clinical ability by setting a perfect time to defeat a cross from the back goal Wajdi Kechrida in the 73rd minute.
He beat two defensemen to bring the goal home and out of the stalemate in a match where Ghana was the most adventurous but twice countered by woodworking.
They had the ball in the Tunisian net four minutes before half-time, but South African referee Victor Gomes did not score the goal. He ruled that Thomas Partey had handled the ball during the set-up.
The TV reruns were not favorable to his decision, but Partey was still offside before handing the ball to Dede Ayew.
Ghana's center-back, Kasim Adams, went to the right from a corner in the 15th minute and Mubarak Wakaso hit the bottom of the post late in the game.
The introduction of Wahbi Khazri, who doubted before the match, was a tonic for Tunisia and he made a powerful strike in overtime when Ghanaian goalie Richard Ofori did well to tip the bar.
Five minutes from the end, Jordan Ayew could have won for Ghana, but he misinterpreted his shot and looked anxiously at the distance between his effort.
Tunisia changed its goalkeeper just before the shootout, although Mouez Hbaden seemed perplexed and irritated by coach Alain Giresse's decision to replace him with Farouk Ben Mustapha.
But it is a master stroke: the arrest of Ben Mustapha against Caleb Ekuban during the shooting gives success to Tunisia.
The stalemate after two hours of football means that Tunisia is in the last eight games despite four draws in the tournament, after spending the whole group phase. (Report by Mark Gleeson, edited by Clare Fallon)
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