Blues midfielder Kevin Bru skippered Mauritius for the first time but his side were reduced to 10 men early on and fell to a 2-0 defeat away against Comoros in the first leg of their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Mitsamiouli this afternoon.

Having had defender Emmanuel Vincent dismissed after only 12 minutes for an elbow, Les Dodos hung on until the 69th minute when Youssouf Ben Djaloud put the Comorians ahead, then Alhadhur Chaker added to their lead five minutes later.

Bru, whose elder brother Jonathan is the regular captain but missed today’s match, has now won eight caps for the nation he qualifies for via his parents having previously represented France at U19 level.

The teams meet in the tie's second leg at Belle Vue in Mauritius on Tuesday.

Andre Dozzell and Tristan Nydam could win England U18s caps later today, while Tommy Smith could feature for New Zealand overnight.

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Seasider added 16:10 - Mar 24 I have never heard of Comoros, so they cant be a very big nation either.
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midastouch added 16:57 - Mar 24 I've heard of New York Cosmos but never heard of Comoros! Sounds like the sort of team England would play a friendly against on the eve of a World Cup tournament to try and get some false optimism!
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BrettenhamBlue added 19:57 - Mar 24 Drew away at Togo and Gabon a few months ago in qualification, and also beat Botswana. Captained by Najdim Abdou (Millwall) and rated 197 in the world. Mauritius are rated 147, so they would have been expecting to win this. Sounds like Comoros have had some good results of late though, including drawing with Iceland.
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whosroundisitanyway added 20:19 - Mar 24 PJewellisaGod You really need to get out more!
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osborne added 20:23 - Mar 24 More than double the population of Iceland!
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whosroundisitanyway added 20:42 - Mar 24 And you Osborne!!
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distractored added 04:39 - Mar 25 Les Dodos. Great nickname. I might change my user name to that.
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