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Kivuvu will make a decision later this year

By: kiko | May 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

KivuvuThe 20-year-old NEC Nijmegen player will turn 21 in September and has to decide whether to represent Angola or to stick to the Dutch team.

Kivuvu would be valuable to the Palancas given his experience, despite a young age. His final decision, could prove to be important for the future of the Angolan National team.

BBC Sport has an interesting article on this topic.


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African Championship of Nations (CHAN)

By: kiko | April 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

manuchoThis new tournament is due to take place in Ivory Coast from February 22 till March 8 in 2009.
The interesting fact about this tournament is that only locally based players will be allowed to take part. It will be a great chance for players in Africa to represent their Nation in a major tournament. ... [read]


Angola 1-1 Japan (Olympic team)

By: kiko | March 27th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Angola v JapanGoncalves used this match to field some players from the domestic league. Machado and Diangi were also given a debut appearance for the national team.
Japan were the first to score in the 50th minute. Diangi then equalised in the 75th minute.
Few details were disclosed about this match, making it difficult for an ... [read]


Angola to play Japan under-23

By: kiko | March 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

angola.thumbnail.jpgThe friendly match will take place in Tokyo city on March 26.
Oliveira Goncalves wanted to field home based players only but Japan asked Angola to use at least 10 players from the recently ended AFCON.
This is the selected squad to face Japan and the clubs they represent:
Mario, Minguito and Eduardo (Interclube)
David and Santana (Petro ... [read]


Manucho scores in his debut for Panathinaikos

By: kiko | March 15th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

manuchoPlaying for the first time since the AFCON defeat to Egypt ( in which he scored a belter), Manucho seems to have picked up where he left off.
Here is the link to the goal
... [read]


Angola scouting to replace older players

By: kiko | February 15th, 2008 | 8 Comments »

KivuvuLuis Oliveira Goncalves has admitted that he is “tracking” around 30 young players performing in European leagues. He feels that it is important to start recruiting now for the World Cup qualification games.
He is absolutely right. He has successfully replaced Akwa with Manucho, and while goalkeeper Lama is not as good as Joao ... [read]


Goncalves will consider other offers

By: kiko | February 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Goncalves- Angolan coachAngolan coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves, revealed in a recent interview that he is unhappy with the amount of criticism that he gets from certain sources of the Angolan media.
Goncalves explained that while he is quite happy with his current contract, he is unhappy with all the criticism. He also implied in his ... [read]


Well Done Palancas Negras!

By: kiko | February 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Palancas negras might have lost the quarter-final match to Egypt, but the majority of the Angolans are still proud of the team.
There will always be those who will choose to criticise individuals and blame the referee (Its asking too much for some people to just accept defeat) but the majority is just happy that the team got that far ... [read]


Angola v Egypt

By: kiko | February 3rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »

angola.thumbnail.jpgLet me start by saying that Angola have done extremely well to get this far. People in Angola will surely be happy with the team regardless of the result (as long as its not a heavy loss!).
As Tamim in the Egyptian blog pointed out, Angola played Egypt just weeks before the African Cup and ... [read]


Angola v Tunisia: The Crucial Match

By: kiko | January 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

FlavioNo one knows whether Luis Oliveira Goncalves will stick to the previous line-up or rest some of his players. Considering how serious they are about playing Tunisia, it would be safe to assume that Goncalves will go with most of his first team members.
A draw in this match would see Angola through to the ... [read]


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