As Burkina Faso prepares to face Senegal in a decisive match counting for the 5th day of the CAN 2025 qualifiers, the Stallions must face a wave of last minute withdrawals. Six Burkinabe players, including five key starters, were forced to withdraw due to injuries, leaving coach Brama Traoré forced to review his squad.
Among those absent, executives such as Bertrand Traoré, Dango Ouattara, Mohamed Konaté, Gustavo Sangaré, Hervé Koffi and Abdoul Kader Ouattara. These losses affect key positions, leaving Burkina with a largely overhauled team. To compensate for these absences, the Stallions coach called on six players: midfielders Ridouanou Maiga and Clément Pitroipa from AS Douanes, goalkeeper Philippe La Paix Maré and winger Hamed Blakiss Ouattara from Etoile filante de Ouagadougou, as well as Josué Tiendrébréogo, now in France in Annecy, and Régis N’Do playing at Leixões SC in Portugal. This group of reinforcements joined the other players already on training in Bamako.
This Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m. GMT, at the 26 Mars stadium in Bamako, Burkina Faso, leader of group L, will face Senegal for the fifth day of the CAN 2025 qualifiers. The two teams, having already assured their qualification for the final phase in Morocco, host country of the next continental competition, will now compete for first place in the group. After a first leg disputed in Dakar, which ended in a draw (1-1), the Stallions and the Lions of Teranga meet for a duel at the top, determined to take the advantage in this final confrontation.
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