He was heading towards a promised defeat. Manhandled by Equatorial Guinea for its entry into the 2025 African Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso managed to reverse the situation in the final moments. A crazy scenario at the end of a particularly choppy and unspectacular match.
Everything was decided from the 85th minute onwards. While the Burkinabés were denied Lassina Traoré’s goal for offside (71st) and the Equatorial Guineans were playing with ten men following the exclusion of Basilio Ndong (50th), they opened the scoring to everyone’s surprise. At the cost of a nice relaxation, Marvin Anieboh, who entered the game three minutes earlier, placed a header out of reach of Angers goalkeeper Hervé Koffi (85th).
Last three minutes of madness
With their backs against the wall, Burkina Faso finally started to produce some play. And the chances logically accumulated. Georgi Minoungou took the opportunity to equalize in stoppage time (90th + 5) with a right-footed shot. In the event of failure, a penalty would undoubtedly have been awarded to the Burkinabés for a big mistake committed on Dango Ouattara, but this was not necessary.
Revived, the Stallions continued to push to grab the three points. The release finally arrived 167 seconds later, via the head of Edmond Tapsoba, the Bayer Leverkusen defender, after a missed exit from the Equatorial Guinean goalkeeper. Burkina Faso did not shine, but it definitely leaves with victory and can calmly consider the rest of the group stage of this CAN 2025.
