Blow by blow: Gabon vs Burkina Faso
Hello and welcome to Phakaaathi's live reporting of the Afcon 2017 Group A match between hosts Gabon and Burkina Faso at Stade de l'Amitie.
– referee Papa Gassama blows his whistle for full-time. Full-time score: Gabon 1-1 Burkina Faso
– 4 minutes of added time to be played
– 89′ Angoue’s header goes wide of goals
– 86′ Burkina Faso appeal for the penalty, but the referee waves play on
– 82′ Koffi pulls an excellent save to deny Bouanga from close range. Corner kick for Gabon
– 78′ Aubemeyang’s long range shot goes over the crossbar
– 77′ Substitution for Burkina Faso: Sare comes on for Alain Traore
– 75′ Substitution for Gabon: Poko makes way for Angoue
– 71′ corner kick for Gabon
– 70′ free kick for Gabon in a promising position
– 68′ offside call goes against Gabon
– 67′ Another forced substitution for Gabon: Ngouali comes on for the injured Tandjigora
– 65′ offside call goes against Burkina Faso
– 64′ another corner kick for Burkina Faso
– 63′ corner kick for Burkina Faso
– 61′ free kick for Burkina Faso in a good scoring position
– 60′ Poko’s cross-cum-shot goes over the crossbar
– 59′ free kick for Burkina Faso
– 58′ Ovono makes a good save to deny Bertrand Traore from close range
– 54′ Another forced substitution for Burkina Faso: Bertrand Traore comes on for the injured Zongo
– 52′ free kick for Gabon
– 47′ free kick for Burkina Faso in a promising position
– Gabon get the second half underway
– referee Papa Gassama blows his whistle for the half-time break. Half-time score: Gabon 0-0 Burkina Faso
– 2 minutes of added time to be played
– 45′ another corner kick for Gabon
– 42′ corner kick for Gabon
– 38′ GOAAAL! Aubemeyang grabs the equaliser for Gabon from the penalty spot!
– 37′ PENALTY for Gabon for Koffi’s foul on Aubemeyang. Yellow card for Koffi
– 35′ Malo tries a long range shot, but it goes wide of goals
– 34′ Forced substitution for Gabon: Ze Ondo comes on for the injured Obiang
– 31′ Bouanga’s shot is saved by Herve Koffi
– 29′ free kick for Burkina Faso
– 27′ corner kick for Gabon, but it’s cleared
– 24′ GOAAAL! Nakoulma gets the better of Obiang and calmly puts the ball home!
– 22′ corner kick for Gabon and it leads to another one
– 13′ Alain Traore shoots straight at the goalkeeper
– 11′ Forced substitution for Burkina Faso: Nakoulma comes on for the injured Pitriopa
– 7′ Bounga hits the crossbar from close range
– the game is underway at Stade de l’Amitie
– kickoff
Starting XI:
Gabon XI: D Ovono, Appindangoye, Ecuele, Obiang, Palun, B Poko, Tandjigora, Ndong, Evouna, Aubemeyang, Bouanga
Burkina Faso XI: Herve Koffi, Kone, P Malo, Tayo, Y Coulibally, A Razack, Traore, J Pitroipa, Kabore, B Diawara, J Zongo
Hello and welcome to Phakaaathi’s live reporting of the Afcon 2017 Group A match between hosts Gabon and Burkina Faso at Stade de l’Amitie.
