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Angola 0-4 Mali

February 12th, 2009 | By: kiko | 12 Comments »

The Angolan national team suffered an embarrassing defeat by Mali in Wednesday’s friendly.

The Palancas created several chances in the first few minutes of the match but could not convert their chances. However, the highlight of the match is definetely the defensive errors made by the Angolan players. The vulnerability of the Angolan defence was beyond belief, with Marques, Asha and goalkeeper Lama all making critical mistakes.

The defeat should serve as a wake-up call to the Angolan FA (FAF), who are expecting the national team to reach at least the semi-finals of the AFCON.

Angolan manager Mabi de Almeida will face a massive criticism for the team’s performance. The National team has not lost by that margin in many years- Even against world-class opposition in recent years(e.g. Portugal), the team managed to avoid an embarrassing huge margin loss.

The National team’s next friendly is in march against a yet to be named opponent.

Tags: Angola, Angola v Mali, Group B, Mabi de Almeida, Palancas Negras

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Comments

By Scouser | February 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

4-0? So, Malawi are better than Angola? LOL

http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/february-11-mozambique-2-malawi-0.html

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By Pedro | February 13th, 2009 at 7:04 am

To talk about this game is just too painful, however this are my conclusions:
1. The incompetent people at the FA level for this mess, starting from the president.
They were so unorganised that players arrived on the day of the game, that Flavio and Gilberto had to fly to Angola first before going to France is unacceptable.
Moreover, they should all resign en masse for appointing as the national team manager.

By Pedro | February 13th, 2009 at 7:08 am

At the paragraph above I was meant to say that some people should be held responsible for this, starting wit Justino Fernandes.

By Pedro | February 13th, 2009 at 7:12 am

2. Mabi has to go, with imediate effect. If Scolari could be fired with just being in charge in 25 games during the season yet still be involved in a host of competitions, so can Mabi, he just has to go

By Pedro | February 13th, 2009 at 7:27 am

3. I sugest we appoint Pedroto as coach, he knows the players, the mentality and the cultural make up of our players and he is sensitive to it, but more importantly its just too late to appoint a total “stranger” to that post.
4. We urgently need to recruit two midfielders to shore up our play. I recomend Stelvio Cruz of Sporting Braga, Iam aware of the fact that he was undecided to play for Angola because he has played for Portugal youth teams, but at 20 years he is young and we still have plenty of time to apply for change of allegiance, unlike Kivuvu(both are defensive midfielders). Also someone got beg Blaise Matuidi because we just lack creativity in the midfield.
5. Its time to ditch Jamba and to a certain extent Rui Marques, we can play Machado and kaly as a centre pair.

By Kiko | February 13th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

I dont understand why Jamba is still selected for the national team.
I agree, they should try out new players in defence. It is unacceptable that Jamba is back-up to Rui Marques. When Marques is having a terrible match (like this match), you need a reliable defender to stabilise the situation.

The national team should be comfortable in scoring goals (they have plenty of options). Why then, did they fail to score a single goal in this match?

The FA is not serious about the national team and if they want to correct their mistakes, they should be looking to hire a professional manager rather than an amateur.

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By Joka | February 13th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

I say give him a chance he hardly has his feet on the ground, Give him time.

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By Joka | February 13th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

And I think we need some new players.

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By Pedro | February 15th, 2009 at 2:42 am

Joka,
I got to respectfully disagree with you concerning Mabi needing more time, as far as I am concerned we have seen enough of him, he has played zambia twice, venezuela and mali and out of these he has won not even a single game, he has lost at the our fortress(cidadela stadium) against zambia, and we incurred our most devastating defeat of modern history under him, I deliberately left out the last game of the qualifiers, because even without a coach we would have won that game.
If one is to project his results, one will come to the conclusion that he really has no potential to take us to the next level, quite frankly he is like a poor’s man Oliveira Gonçalves – simply put, he has to go.

By Pedro | February 15th, 2009 at 2:54 am

We have so many players who can add value to the national team, whether at home or abroad yet they persist with these dead woods who are already in decline.
Maybe the rumours of coaches asking to share the players’ fee is true, because I really don’t see what players like Jamba, Love etc bring to the table except for misery and giving most of us a near heart attack whenever they are on the field:-).
Potential players have been discussed here and elsewhere ad nauseum, yet those idiots at the FA, and their palooka coach still ignore them- gee.

By Pedro | February 15th, 2009 at 3:04 am

I just saw an advert on a South African tv, that the next game for Angola should be against South Africa between the 23-27 February the date I can not confirm the date yet.

By Vieira Dias | February 21st, 2009 at 3:14 pm

i totally agree with u guys but now the FA has organized a game against Namibia at home so that Mabi can at least win a game a then they can keep him for a while longer with the pretense that he is winning games but i pray to god (never thought i would b doing that no matter what ) that Namibia can stop Angola then both the FA and the coach will have to resign hopefully forca Palancas