'It's magical' to see Comoros on verge of Afcon debut
At the final
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The RKC Waalwijk winger and his Comoros team mates had, they felt, missed a fabulous chance to beat African football giants Egypt.
Bakari himself had seen a goal-bound shot tipped round the post and the game in Moroni had ended 0-0 in November 2019.
But the crowd weren't disappointed. The crowd were elated. And gradually the magnitude of their achievement began to sink in to the players.
"We were a little bit disappointed after the game," the 26-year-old admits.
"But then we realised we had made something crazy - no-one expected that result."
This was Egypt - 7-time winners of the Africa Cup of Nations. A team featuring top stars like Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' and Ahmed Hegazy. And Comoros had held them to a well-earned draw.
That was when the team and those around them really began to believe they could do something they had never before achieved, and make it to the Nations Cup themselves.
One win from their remaining two games will guarantee qualification for Cameroon 2021. First they host the already-eliminated Togo before travelling to face Egypt again.