Articles tagged with "Angola"
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 12th, 2006
Angola's opponent in the upcoming Cosafa Castle Cup is Mauritius. The small island nation's football team goes by the dubious nickname of Club M. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 11th, 2006
Want to know which country has won the Cosafa Castle Cup the most times in history? I'll give you a clue: it is ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 11th, 2006
2006 COSAFA CASTLE CUP
GROUP A
In Maseru, Lesotho:
April 29: Mauritius v Angola; Lesotho v Mozambique
April 30: Final and third place play-off
GROUP B
In Gaborone, Botswana:
May 20: South ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 10th, 2006
One of the areas I will be watching closely when Angola plays in the Cosafa Castle Cup later this month is the midfield. With ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 8th, 2006
Angola coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves has announced the players that will represent the Palancas Negras at the Cosafa Castle Cup in Lesotho later this month. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 7th, 2006
Angola coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves said today that Pedro Mantorras is still a candidate for making the final 23 going to Germany. Mantorras and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 7th, 2006
My fellow blogger Luis Paolo of Portugal weblog has written a good piece on Iran, but I would not be a true Team Melli fan ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 6th, 2006
When I think about the possibility of seeing Angola play without Pedro Mantorras at the World Cup, I get kind of disappointed. But instead ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 6th, 2006
There is a post today about which teams will have their all-time best player playing for them this summer. It got me thinking about ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 5th, 2006
Since I can't give you more than unconfirmed Team Melli friendly news, I might as well share with you what is confirmed by other Group ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 5th, 2006
Angola fans planning on going to the friendly in Naples against Argentina need to take note of this. The game has been moved forward ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 4th, 2006
Video proof that Pedro and coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves need to kiss and make up before this summer. We NEED this guy playing for ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 3rd, 2006
Blog readers, I need your help. A member of the media has sent us an email asking for some examples of chants Angola supporters ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Apr 3rd, 2006
One of this blog's readers Luis Carlos left some good questions as a comment. I decided it would be fun to try answering them. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 31st, 2006
Scanning the list of the referees who have been announced to call the games in Germany this summer and I don't see one referee from ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 30th, 2006
My colleague Luis Paulo over on the Portugal blog gives his thoughts on Angola. I respect his thoughts a lot and it is clear ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis Paulo | Mar 30th, 2006
It might seem a little early, but as I was watching Mexico’s match yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to take a ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 29th, 2006
A lot of the other bloggers on World Cup blog have been writing about their team's greatest World Cup moments. I would love to ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 28th, 2006
A terrible blow for Angola today with news that winger Gilberto has had a slow recovery from injury and that he is almost certain to ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Shahed | Mar 27th, 2006
Well its confirmed that Saudi Arabia will be playing Angola on 2nd of June. But on the fifa website, Saudi Arabia seem to be playing ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 27th, 2006
Man, I am bummed about this news. As I posted earlier today Angola is scheduled to play the United States in Hamburg on June ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 27th, 2006
It is official. Angola has lined up three stellar friendlies in the run up to the World Cup.
May 31 - Argentina (Naples)
June 2 - ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 26th, 2006
At the ripe old age of 31, defender Marco Abreu is one of the oldest players on Angola's roster. He is also one of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 26th, 2006
Okay Team Melli fans let’s stop taking Angola lightly. Did you know that eleven of their top picks for the squad play their football in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 25th, 2006
Yesterday we looked at the teams that are sure to score a ton of goals in Germany this summer. Today we turn our attention ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 24th, 2006
People are a bit curious where Angola's players play their club football. I have started a list below and would welcome any additions you ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 23rd, 2006
Legendary football star Eusébio said today that he expects the first round match between Angola and Portugal to be very difficult for both teams. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 23rd, 2006
I came across this very small profile of the Palancas Negras from a paper in the UK. The author seems to think that the ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 22nd, 2006
Unfortunately I don't have a way to add a poll to this blog, but I would like to do one. I am interested in ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 21st, 2006
I've been thinking a lot about Angola's team recently and have been thinking that if I were coach Goncalves what areas would I be focusing ...
