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Burkina Faso played to a hard-fought one-all draw against Lebabon in a 2017 Francophonie Games,Group A match played at Treichville Sports Palace  in Abidjan on Friday morning.

Lebanon had to come from behind and deny the Junior Stallions their first victory when Seraphin Dargani nodded home a fantastic goal in the 90th minute.

It took Burkinabes’ Cisse Mondi only 35 minutes to open scoring after receiving a perfect pass from skipper Kabore Issa. The diminutive midfielder drilled a powerful volley in leaving Lebanon goalie dumb-folded.

Burkina Faso and Lebanon are ranked 78 places apart in the Fifa rankings, sitting at 43 and 121 respectively.

The Junior Stallions side, which consists of local players, has kept an unbeaten record since their last game aganist Togo in March.

Burkina Faso still have two matches to play in the group,one aganist Ivory Coast and the other aganist Guinea.

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