CAN 2021 qualifiers: Mauritania frustrated, Comoros relieved

Mauritania team playmaker Adama Bâ.

(Drawing).

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Qualifications for the 2021 African Cup of Nations resumed on November 11, 2020 after a year of interruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

For this third day, Mauritania and the Comoros were held in check (1-1) by Burundi and Kenya.

But the taste of a draw does not have the same flavor among the Mourabitounes or the Coelacanths.

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A year later, the football of the selections is officially back in Africa, but we have to believe that the coronavirus has somewhat broken the dynamics of some teams.

Mauritania and the Comoros had left a good impression during the first two days with in particular a

against Morocco (0-0) by the Mourabitounes, and

for the Coelacanths.

For the resumption of qualifications, the two teams could not do better than a draw by the same score (1-1) in front of the Burundians and the Kenyans.

The Swallows rebel

The Mauritanians, after a draw therefore in Morocco and a home victory against the

in the first two days, had a good opportunity to confirm against Burundi.

And for a long time, Mourabitounes supporters believed in a victory for their team after the opening scoring of Bakary N'Diaye (30th).

The central defender, with a strike from a free kick at the entrance to the penalty area, beat the goalkeeper of the Hirondelles.

Burundi, which looked like the ideal victim after two defeats, 5 goals conceded, zero scored during the first two days, nevertheless put into rebellion mode.

The men of Olivier Niyungeko, transformed, begin to dominate the debates.

After a goal refused for offside at the start of the second period, they managed to equalize ten minutes from the end of the match by Saidi Ntibazonkiza (80th).

Despite a burst of pride, Corentin Martins' men ended up sharing the points with the group's red lantern.

What is similar to a bad operation which leaves the field to Morocco which could take alone the head of the group in the event of victory

against the Central African Republic.

Comoros can still believe it

For the Comoros, the pill is sweeter to swallow and the glass is rather half full after their draw (1-1) in Kenya playing 10 against 11 for more than half time.

The Coelacanths were nevertheless on the way to a successful operation by opening the scoring by Youssouf M'Changama (26th).

But the native of Marseille is expelled for accumulating boxes a quarter of an hour after his goal pushing his teammates to evolve to 10.

Amir Abou's men will resist until the 65th minute and Masud Juma Choka's equalizer.

It is still a good point for the Comoros who remain undefeated in three days (one victory and two draws) and keep all their chances of

for the first time in their history.

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