A late equalizer five minutes into injury time by Algeria’s Baghdad Bounedjah earned the Desert Foxes a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.
Mohamed Konate’s opening goal for Burkina Faso was cancelled out by a first Bounedjah equaliser, but a Bertrand Traore penalty put the Stallions back in front to the delight of their many supporters in the crowd of over 33,000 in Bouake, Ivory Coast’s second city.
At that point Burkina Faso was heading through, but Bounedjah equalised a second time at the death to take his overall tally of goals to three and join Emilio Nsue of Equatorial Guinea as the tournament’s joint-top scorer.
Burkina Faso, the 2013 Cup of Nations runners-up who reached the semi-finals at the last edition in Cameroon two years ago, have four points from two games in Group D and remain on course to qualify for the knockout phase before facing Angola next.
Algeria, who were held 1-1 by Angola in their opening game, have two points and a win against Mauritania on Tuesday will see the through to the next round.
