The Algerian team will have to continue waiting to debut their record of victories in Africa Cup which will be held in Ivory Coast, after achieving their second consecutive draw in the tournament by drawing 2-2 this Saturday in Burkina Faso.
That’s a tie Algeria it was not achieved until extra time when striker Baghdad Bounedjah, who equalized Mohamed Konate’s (0-1) initial goal in the 51st minute to Burkina Faso, He established the final 2-2 by putting a corner kick into the net.
Clear example of the indomitable nature of the Algerian team, which has to use epic to avoid defeat that will greatly complicate the continuation of the ‘Fennec’ in Africa Cup.
A contest where Djamel Belmadi’s men, who once again had the Villarreal center-back as starter Aissa Mandi, They seemed to have lost a leg, after seeing how Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traoré made it 1-2 in the 71st minute by converting a penalty awarded to Issa Kaboré.
But Algeria did not give up like that, especially Bounedjah, Qatari Al-Sadd player, who gave the Maghreb team life in the 95th minute after winning the game against the Burkinabe defenders with a powerful jump and making it 2-2 with a less than impressive header.
That goal will allow the Algerian team, champion of Africa Cup in the years 1990 and 2019, which reached the last day of the first stage depending on itself to gain access to the round of 16.
Algeria will face each other next Tuesday Mauritaniawhich fell this Saturday 2-3 against a Angola where striker Gelson Dala shone with his own light, author of the double.
Dala, a Qatari Al-Wakta player, who opened the scoring for ‘Black Levers’ After half an hour of play, he again put Angola on the scoreboard (1-2) at 50 minutes.
A goal that, together with the one added three minutes later, in the 53rd minute, by attacker Gilberto seemed to decide the match (1-3) for Angola. Something that Mauritania was forced to counter, which brought chaos in the last minutes with the subsequent goal (2-3) of Aboubakary Koita.
However, despite their efforts, the Mauritanian team could not prevent the victory of Angola, who will play next Tuesday for first place in the group and qualification for the round of 16 against Burkina Faso.
A round that seems especially close for the selection of wrong, who maintained the lead in group E after recording a 1-1 draw this Saturday against a Tunisia who seemed to react to the unexpected defeat he suffered against Namibia on the first day.
In fact, the ‘Eagles of Carthage’ They took the initiative in the game from the start even though they did not know how to turn their dominance into clear scoring opportunities, in contrast to Mali, who did not waste the first dangerous strategy available to them to lead by a goal ( 0 -1) from Lassine Sinakoku in ten minutes.
Tunisia hardly took long to respond and leveled the contest after 20 minutes with a goal (1-1) from the midfielder of Italian Lecce. Hamza Rafiawhich ended the combination between Anis Ben Slimane and Ali Abdi.
A tie that neither the Malians nor the Tunisians could change, despite the fact that both teams had occasional good chances to score and secure the victory.
Source: La Verdad
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