The Burkina Faso team forcefully defeated Equatorial Guinea in the 1st round match of the Africa Cup of Nations (2:1).

The Burkinanese were saved in injury time by the referee, scoring goals in the 90+5th and 90+8th minutes.

He scored his first goal for Burkina Faso Georgie Minungu he is a footballer who lost his left eye two years ago due to an infection. The winning ball counts Edmond Tapsoba.

Manchester United will not be able to count on their midfielders in the next English championship match against Newcastle Kobby Mainu AND Bruno Fernandes. Both players will miss the match due to injury. According to the mentor Manchester United Ruben Amorim, Mainu will return to the field before Fernandes, but the exact date has not been announced.

Encounter Manchester United — Newcastle will be played on 26 December.

Russian goalkeeper of the French football club Paris Saint-Germain Matvey Safonov he was recognized as the team’s best player in December by journalists from the Le Parisien newspaper. This is reported on the official website of the publication.

In December Safonov spent PSG four games, in two of which he kept his goal intact. In the final of the Intercontinental Cup, where PSG beat Brazilian Flamengo, the Russian saving four shots in the post-match penalty shootout.

Safonov received an average rating of 7.25 points (maximum 10) from Le Parisien journalists. Second place went to Warren Zaire-Emry (7 points), third place went to Viljan Pacho (6.31). Georgian football player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia took fifth place, receiving 6 points.

The Intercontinental Cup became the sixth trophy for 26-year-old Safonov as part of the French team. The Russian goalkeeper has moved PSG in the summer of 2024 from Krasnodar, last season he won the Champions League, the French Championship, the National Cup and the Super Cup, as well as the Super Cup of UEFA.