AFCON 2025: Algeria and Burkina Faso target second win

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00:00Now for an update on the Africa Cup of Nations.

00:03Four matches to watch today.

00:05Gabon is facing off against Mozambique in Group F

00:07before Equatorial Guinea plays Sudan in Group E.

00:11Algeria will then be playing Burkina Faso

00:13and powerhouse Ivory Coast will play Cameroon.

00:17All of this after Nigeria secured their spot in the last 16 last night.

00:21A late penalty helping them defeat Tunisia 3-2 in a thrilling match.

00:26Now our sports reporter Selena Sykes is in Rabat.

00:29It's good to have you back Selena.

00:30This is a pretty big match that Algeria and Burkina Faso are gearing up for.

00:35It's quite a decisive one for Group E isn't it?

00:41That's right Camille.

00:43A bigger match in Group E between the two front runners.

00:47Algeria and Burkina Faso.

00:50That could be very decisive.

00:51Both on three points as things stand after having won their openers.

00:56The FNC of Algeria will be wanting to banish the demons of their last two AFCONs

01:03when they are crashed out at the group stages of the last two tournaments.

01:08They got a very comfortable 3-0 win in their opener against Sudan thanks to a double by from Riyad Mahrez.

01:15Showing that class that he showed for so many years in the Premier League when he was at Manchester City.

01:22Though this will be their first tough test against Burkina Faso.

01:27Burkina Faso who in a very different fashion got a dramatic 2-1 win against Equatorial Guinea.

01:33They were trailing until the final moments of that game and scored not just one but two goals in stoppage time

01:40with that decisive goal coming quite literally with one of the last kicks of the game.

01:45When it comes to AFCON, Algeria and Burkina Faso have a bit of history.

01:50A tough, tight encounter between them.

01:53They were in the group stage together last time around in the Ivory Coast.

01:56So that encounter finished a two apiece, a dramatic game that one was.

02:01So we're expecting another tighter counter here today in Rabat.

02:05In fact, in their last three games, Camille, it has finished in a sailmate.

02:09Selina Sykes, thank you so much for all your reporting.

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