Substitute Alain Traore scored the equaliser deep in injury time to earn Les Etalons a 1-1 draw against 10-man Super Eagles on Monday.
The Lorient midfielder came on late in the second half and worked his magic to earn the Stallions an unexpected point, although the result extended to 18 games the winless run of the west Africans in the competition.
Emmanuel Emenike had put Nigeria into the lead before the break, showing great hunger to latch onto Ideye Brown's flick.
But the wasteful Super Eagles were reduced to 10 men when Celtic defender Efe Ambrose picked up a second yellow card.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi: "I will let the boys sleep over this game and pick it up tomorrow. I won't blame them, they gave it everything but it was not good enough,"
"Tomorrow we will look at everything and fix it, before the Zambia game."
The result left Group C evenly balanced after title-holders Zambia and Ethiopia drew 1-1 earlier.
Video Highlights and Interviews: http://www.footytube.com/video/nigeria-burkina-faso-jan21-153576?ref=lchan_vidgrid
Finally,the much publicizie Nigeria/Burkinabe has come and gone.so lets wait for the upcoming ones.the result is exactly the same with the friendly against Cape verdeans.As for Keshi,i trust Nigerians,they will show him the exit unless his prayers turn things around...i hope so!
ReplyDeletethanks for the link!! cant wait for match day 2
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