Congo’s Bifouma breaks Equatorial Guineans hearts

Super Eagles’ nemesis and Congo Red Devils’ forward, Tievy
Bifouma, yesterday broke the hearts of Equatorial Guineans
with his late equalizing goal to ensure that his side shared the
spoils with the host team, National Thunder, in the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations opening.
Host, Equatorial Guinea looked set to start the tournament
with a victory in Bata after Captain Emilio Nsue struck in the
16th minute to put the National Thunder in front in the Group
A opening match but Bifouma’s goal three minutes from time
ruined the hopes of the host side going top of the group after
a 1-1 draw against the Congolese.
Middlesbrough and former Mallorca striker, Nsue, looked
offside when he took a pass from Kike to put the hosts ahead,
but was then wrongly flagged for offside when he raced onto a
long ball to net again in the 74th minute.
Equatorial Guinea was under pressure after the break and
after Francis N’Ganga hit a post, former West Bromwich
Albion striker, Bifouma, earned Congo a deserved point when
he latched onto a Dominique Malonga pass to finish under
keeper Felipe Ovono inside the near post.
Congo came close to a winner in the last minute when
Bifouma cut the ball back only for Malonga to fail to connect
properly from six yards out.
Bifouma scored twice when Congo Red Devils defeated the
Super Eagles 3-2 at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar during
the qualifies for the ongoing Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.
The America of Spain’s prolific striker also scored the
equalizer against Nigeria in the reverse fixture of the qualifiers
in Congo which ended 1-1.