Guinea Bissau 0 – 2 Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso top table and dodge Senegal

Football
By AFP | Jan 23, 2017
Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Burkina Faso: Chelsea loanee Bertrand Traore scores as Stallions qualify for knockouts

Burkina Faso struck early in each half to defeat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 Sunday, win Group A of the Africa Cup of Nations and dodge title favourites Senegal in the quarter-finals.

A Rudinilson Silva own-goal on 11 minutes gave the Burkinabe a lead in southeastern city Franceville that Bertrand Traore doubled 12 minutes into the second half.

Burkina Faso and Cameroon finished with five points each and the former topped the table on goal difference. Gabon came third with three points and Guinea-Bissau last with one.

The Burkinabe Stallions return to the Gabonese capital, Libreville, for a last-eight showdown with the Group B runners-up, probably Tunisia, next Saturday.

Share this story
Kenya Prisons book a quarters date with rivals KCB
Kenya Pipeline will take on National Alcohol and Liquor Factory of Ethiopia in the quarter-finals.
Kenton School win Obuya Charity match
The Most Valuable Player of the tournament was Arhan Shah with 40 runs and two wickets.
Vinicius snatches Real Madrid Champions League draw at Bayern
The draw puts Madrid in the driving seat ahead of next week's return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
ESports: Lusigi lands international appointment
The local gaming boss has joined ranks at the Global Esports Federation.
Madrid wary of 'bestia negra' Bayern in 'European Clasico'
In the last decade Madrid clearly have the edge on the German giants.
.
RECOMMENDED NEWS