| Burkina Faso cry foul over poor facilities | Send to a friend |
| Sunday, 22 January 2012 10:24 |
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The Portuguese's protest at competition organisers the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was made on Friday, 48 hours before they open their campaign against 2010 hosts Angola. Duarte compared the treatment dished out to Burkina Faso with that received by his team's main first-round rivals, the Angolans and Nations Cup favourites Ivory Coast. "They are protected. Everyone here is not working in the same conditions," he said. "Some teams have journeys of 10 or 15 minutes to get to training, while we have to travel for one hour along a winding road to have a session (in Luba, 50 kilometres from their team hotel in Malabo)." Duarte added: "When we arrived here, they gave us a restaurant/cafe to sleep in. It wasn't even a hotel. There was no video room, no conference room. Each time we have to improvise. That's what the Nations Cup is like." Burkina Faso finally switched to more appropiate accommodation and chose a training ground situated adjacent to the stadium in Malabo. Duarte's criticism triggered a forthright response from CAF. General secretary Hicham El Amrani claimed the allocation of team hotels was conducted by lots "to avoid any injustice". (AFP) Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
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