Late penalty seals Burkina Faso win over Mauritania

Bertrand Traore scored a stoppage time penalty as Burkina Faso claimed a 1-0 victory over Mauritania of their Africa Cup of Nations Group D conflict on Tuesday.

It is the primary ever win for the Burkinabe of their opening match of the Africa showpiece finals and got here on the thirteenth try, handed to them when Aston Villa midfielder Traore stroked residence his spot-kick after a foul by Mauritania captain Mohamed El Abd on Issa Kabore.

Burkina Faso dominated possession on the Stade de la Paix in Bouake, however it was Mauritania who carved out the higher possibilities, although they had been denied by the superb reflexes of goalkeeper Herve Koffi and can really feel aggrieved to not have gotten one thing from the sport having conceded within the 96th minute.

Burkina Faso head the pool with their three factors after the primary spherical of matches. Fancied Algeria had been surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by Angola on Monday.