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Africa Cup of Nations: Injury concerns for Burkina Faso
- Updated: December 19, 2016
Paulo Duarte is in charge of Burkina Faso for a second time having lead them at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
Burkina Faso coach Paulo Duarte says he has is not concerned over a number of injuries to key players going into next month’s African Nations Cup finals.
He has named several players with problems in his preliminary 24-man squad, including Charles Kaboré, Préjuce Nakoulma, Jonathan Pitroipa and Bertrand Traoré.
“I am confident they can recover in time,” Duarte insisted.
The squad is due to begin a training camp on 27 December.
Bakary Koné is another player from the 2013 squad that finished as runners-up in South Africa who has an injury concern.
Injury has ruled out Aziz Kabore, who plays for Valenciennes in France, while there is a first call-up for Blati Toure.
The 22-year-old was born in Ivory Coast, played as a junior in Spain but is now at Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus.
“Blati Touré is a …
