“Burkina stallions: roast lion with rabilé soon on the menu?”, saliva already Today in Faso for who “Burkina is now one of the greats of Africa”. “In a few hours, more precisely on February 2 at 7 p.m. UT (8 p.m. in Paris, editor’s note), the Stallions of Burkina will descend into the arena to cross swords with the Lions of Teranga of Senegal, on behalf of the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations football (CAN)”, impatient, for his partFaso. For the coach of Burkina Faso, Kamou Malo, evoking the coup d’etat which took place in his country, “The events constitute an additional motivation for us”. “We have dedicated this qualification to our people who are going through political and social movements”explained the technician at a press conference.
Burkina Faso, the target of recurrent jihadist attacks that have killed thousands, experienced a military coup on January 24 that brought Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to power.
“For a few years we have been confronted with this terrorism which continues to bereave our people, our objective is to give a bit of a smile to our people. If we can, through our sporting contribution, give hope, we are not going to haggle. the efforts.”
Kamou Malo, coach of Burkina Fasoat a press conference
The coach who took the Stallions to the CAN semi-finals had given up the police commissioner competition in Burkina Faso for a coaching diploma. “I was a police officer in Koudougou, there I also trained the ASEC (Sporting Association of Employees and Tradesmen) in the 1st division, then I had the opportunity to do an internship in Germany to pass a trainer’s license, remembers Kamou Malo, 59. “I am already being asked for the trophy, we will be keen to offer it to our people”, he promises.
For football specialists, the Lions start as favorites. Senegal coach Aliou Cissé said to himself “unfortunate with what is happening in Burkina Faso, but Burkina Faso cannot be more motivated than Senegal, we are as determined as them”. For the Burkinabè supporters, whose analyzes and predictions were collected by Faso, “the socio-political problems we are currently experiencing will transcend the Stallions. The boys know that they must relieve us”.