Nigeria Under 23s lost 3 - 1 to Burkina Faso in the semi - final of the All - Africa Games on Tuesday evening and will now contest the bronze medal match against hosts Congo in two days time.<br /><br />Burkina Faso opened the scoring after 11 minutes thanks to Sydney Mohamed Sylla and the scoreboard was reading 1 - 0 at the end of the first half.<br /><br />In the 73rd minute, Omar Kabore fired past Daniel Emmanuel for Burkina Faso<span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".7z.1:$mid=11442260782540=290ee929e2e78b98735.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".7z.1:$mid=11442260782540=290ee929e2e78b98735.2:0.0.0.0.0.0">&rsquo;s second goal but bereaved Daniel Etor, who was introduced in the 69th minute, pulled a goal back for the Dream Team 15 minutes from time to set up a frantic finish.<br /><br />As the Nigerians pushed for an equalizer, they left spaces at the back and this was exploited by </span></span><span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".7z.1:$mid=11442260782540=290ee929e2e78b98735.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".7z.1:$mid=11442260782540=290ee929e2e78b98735.2:0.0.0.0.0.0">Sydney Mohamed Sylla, who scored his second goal in the 78th minute.<br /><br />Also on Tuesday, Cameroon sensationally beat the Super Falcons 2 - 1 at Stade Kint&eacute;l&eacute; , with Onome Ebi scoring what turned out to be a consolation goal for the African champions three minutes out of intermission. <br /></span></span>