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Hosts Congo beat Burkina Faso for All Africa Games football semis

Xinhua, September 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Congo Brazzaville have qualified for the semi-finals at the on-going football competition at the 2015 All Africa Games.

The hosts picked their second win on Thursday beating Burkina Faso 2-1in a fast paced Group A match played at the Municipal Stadium in Kintele.

Junior Makiesse Mouzitta gave the hosts a fifth minute lead before the West African regrouped to equalize on 62 minutes through defender Ziem Somda.

With five minutes to full time the hosts piled lots of pressure and were rewarded with Sagasse Babele's goal.

Congo who beat Sudan 2-1 in their opening game on Monday now top Group A with six points and have qualified for the semi-finals before facing Zimbabwe in their last group game.

In the second Group A match played at the Stade Alphonse Massemba-Debat, Sudan stopped Zimbabwe 1-0. Hamza Farag Allah scored the lone goal in added time.

Burkina Faso and Sudan are now tied on three points each with their last group games being important.

The hosts are eager to re-write history as they won the event 50 years ago when they staged the event. They won the final against Mali 7-1 on penalties after a goalless draw.

Group B has defending champions Ghana who were beaten by Nigeria on Wednesday and Senegal. Egypt who had already qualified for the event pulled out a week to the All Africa Games. Endi