Burkina coach shuts out meddling directors

Since taking over in 2008, the Portuguese has led the Stallions to the last two Africa Cup of Nations, including the current tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and at one stage, they reached 37th in the FIFA world rankings.

Burkina, who face neighbours Ivory Coast in their second Group B game on Thursday, had missed out on the previous two tournaments and Duarte said that the privilege of picking the team himself has been the key to their improvement.

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