Botswana coach Stanley Tshosane has promised an attacking game on Saturday when his team take on Guinea in Franceville in their second match in Group D.

The Zebras boss believes it is imperative that the African Nations Cup new boys take their first points of the tournament to have any chance of progressing past the first stage and into the quarter-finals.

Both Botswana and Guinea lost their first game on Monday and Tshosane said: "This is going to be a deciding game and is very important for us.

It is a must-win game. A draw will not work for us, we are going to have to take risks."

Botswana drew praise for a gutsy showing against the highly-fancied Ghana, who were World Cup quarter-finalists just 18 months ago.

And Tshosane says the performance proves his team has the quality to advance. "You saw how they played. It is not easy to play like that against a team of that calibre. These boys can turn things around."

But the Zebras have never previously beaten Guinea and face a higher-rated opponent, with players of much more experience. Indeed, almost all of the Guinea squad are based at clubs in Europe.

They are also a team of quick pace and attacking flair that might be too strong for a Botswana defence that, while gritty and determined, lacked concentration at key moments in the game against Ghana.

Guinea did not deserve to go down against Mali on Monday but now find themselves in the same precarious situation as Botswana, needing to win to keep hopes alive.

Guinea have Ghana in their final group game next week, which complicates their permutations and emphasises the need to beat the Zebras.

The match comes on the last day of double-header features at the Nations Cup, which for the first eight days of competition has seen two games each day.

From Sunday the group games will be decided with the two ties played simultaneously.