German coach Rainer Willfeld was unable to lead Burkina Faso to a win

The Gambia had two men sent off as they lost 2-0 to Iran and Burkina Faso were beaten 1-0 by Turkey at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria.

The Baby Scorpions were stung in the 33rd minute in Calabar when Buba Sama was sent off for a second yellow card.

Iran then grabbed the lead on the stroke of half-time through their captain Payam Sadeghian.

Then with six minutes left in the game Kaveh Rezaei sealed the victory for Iran.

The African champions were reduced to nine men in the dying minutes of the match when Demba Janneh was shown a straight red card.

In the other Group C game Colombia beat Holland 2-1 on Sunday.

Fabian Castillo gave Colombia the lead after 56 minutes, Holland equalised 13 minutes later through a penalty from Oguzhan Ozyakup.

Deiner Cordoba scored the winner for Colombia with 18 minutes left in the game.

The Gambia's next match is on Wednesday against Holland while Colombia will play Iran.

Burkina Faso never managed to recover from conceding an early goal in Group D in Enugu as they lost to Turkey.

Turkey captain Demir Muhammet scored the only goal of the game after just three minutes.

Costa Rica drew 1-1 with New Zealand in the other game in Group D on Sunday.

Michael Built gave New Zealand the lead after 19 minutes before Joel Campbell equalised 10 minutes before half-time for Costa Rica.

Next up for Burkina Faso is New Zealand and Costa Rica will play Turkey, both games are on Wednesday.

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