Burkina Faso won its first group match against Mauritania at the African Cup on Tuesday. It became 1-0. Bad luck for an AK-47.
The Burkinese, with Charleroi goalkeeper Hervé Koffi in goal, took the three points in the end thanks to a penalty goal from Bertrand Traoré in the absolute final. For Mauritania, Aboubakary Koita (Sint-Truiden) was between the lines for the entire match.
After the victory, Burkina Faso is alone first in group D, followed by Algeria and Angola, who drew 1-1 on Monday.
Before the start of the match, a remarkable name emerged from Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara, the Mauritania striker, was in the line-up under a different name. Namely as an AK-47. Referring to his name and shirt number at Fulham at the time. However, the AK-47 is also best known as the Russian Kalashnikov assault rifle.
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“Mauritania’s number 27 is a deadly striker,” someone wrote on X. “I hope AK-47 doesn’t decide to shoot during the match,” another wrote. “Sharpshooter that number 27,” another wrote on social media. Fulham also responded wittily to X:
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Only things didn’t go as hoped for Kamara. He was replaced injured after 28 minutes:
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