Alexandria — Africa Cup of Nations debutants Burundi faced Nigeria as equals and were able to show that they had quality, captain Saido Berahino said after his side went down to a narrow 1-0 defeat in their opening match.

Saturday’s Group B game appeared to be a mismatch with 89 places separating the two sides in the Fifa rankings...

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