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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Sierra Leone men\u2019s National Football team, Leone Stars have mounted an impressive comeback against Guinea Bissau in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers in Conakry, Guinea.<\/p>\n

Leone Stars dominated the first half but failed to convert their chances, and they were made to pay for it in the second half.<\/p>\n

Leone Stars went 2-0 down from Jorginho\u2019s brace in the 49 and 52 minutes for Guinea Bissau. Guinea Bissau 2-0 lead was however threatened after Sana was sent off shortly in the 57 minutes.Musa Tombo missed a penalty to give Leone Stars hope of a comeback, but Augustus Kargbo goal in the 78 minutes was enough to inspire a comeback.<\/p>\n

Musa Tombo atoned for his penalty miss with a header to equalise in the 88 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

Guinea Bissau finished the match with 9 men after their goalkeeper suffered an injury in the course of Musa Tombo\u2019s goal. However, Leone Stars could not secure a win the latter stage of the match.This is Leone Stars second game in the AFCON qualifiers, after losing to 2-1 to Nigeria in Abuja.<\/a><\/p>\n

Leone Stars will play their next two matches against the bottom team Sao Tome who have conceded 15 goals in 2 matches, after losing 5-1 against Guinea Bisaau and 10-0 against Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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