Algeria drew 2-2 with Burundi today, Tuesday, in the second round of qualifying for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, fighting back after falling two goals behind in the first half.<\/p>\n
The match began badly for Algeria. Burundi took the lead in the fifth minute through an own goal by Far\u00e8s Cha\u00efbi, who turned the ball into his own net following a misunderstanding with goalkeeper Mastel, who had come off his line.<\/p>\n
Worse was to come. Algeria conceded a second in the 12th minute when Giromugisha grabbed his personal second, pouncing on a poor clearance from Rami Bensebaini. The Burundi man drove into the area once more before firing to the right of Mastel.<\/p>\n
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Mohamed Belloumi pulled one back in the 30th minute, seizing a chance inside the penalty area and steering a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner to make it 2-1.<\/p>\n
Burundi held their lead to the break, riding out Algeria’s efforts to level.<\/p>\n
Algeria came out for the second half chasing an equaliser and reshuffled their front line with several changes. It paid off. From a free kick, Adel Boulbina drilled home the leveller with a precise strike in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n
On came Mohamed Amine Amoura and Mouncef Bakrar, then Adel Ouichaoui and Ilan Kebbal, as Algeria threw more forwards into the mix. Burundi stood firm through the closing stages.<\/p>\n
Algeria almost snatched it in the 87th minute. Saadi Redouani rose to meet a cross from Adam Zorgane and produced a header from a difficult angle, but goalkeeper Jonathan Nahimana kept it out.<\/p>\n
Deep in stoppage time, Jaouen Hadjam blew another chance, shooting left-footed from inside the box only to see the ball drift just wide of the left post.<\/p>\n
The last act fell to Melvin Mastel. Algeria’s goalkeeper blocked a header from Burundi’s Emmanuel Swedi on the right of the penalty area, and the match ended 2-2.<\/p>\n
Algeria moved onto 4 points, top of Group Nine, while Burundi collected their first point to sit third for now, pending the match between Zambia and Togo.<\/p>\n
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