Articles tagged with "angola"
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 1st, 2006
Pedro Mantorras is not happy with the limited amount of playing time he received during the African Nations Cup and as a result he says ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 1st, 2006
It is the beginning of February and that means we are inching a bit closer to the World Cup. It can't come soon enough. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
With its team heading home from the African Nations Cup tournament via the ever popular Cairo-Lisbon-Luanda flight, Angola's football federation announced that the Palancas Negras ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
The African Nations Cup is an unpredictable tournament that must bring out the fear in African coaches. The timing of the tournament certainly doesn't ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 30th, 2006
In countries around the world, the media is quick to lay blame following a team's loss. In Angola, the press is no different.
Memo to ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 30th, 2006
After failing to advance from its group in the African Nations Cup, Angola is hoping that the experience of playing in pressure packed games will ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
What a roller coaster of a day for Angola fans. Their team defeated Togo 3-2 in African Nations Cup action but it was not ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Maurito is the hero, scoring with five minutes left in the game to make it 3-2.
Come on Palancas Negras!
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Horrible news for Angola as Cherif Toure Mamam gets the equalizer for Togo 2-2. Angola needs to find a way to score in the ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Flavio does it again, netting his second goal of the game to give Angola a 2-1 advantage at the midway point. With Cameroon leading ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Kader Coubadja scores in the 24th minute for Togo to even the game 1-1. I think this has to be a very tense day ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Flavio scores for Angola with an angled strike from eight yards after Togo's attempt to play offside fails in the 9th minute. Big early ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
The must-win game for Angola against Togo is underway in Egypt. Here are the starters:
Angola: 1-Joao Ricardo, 21-Delgado, 3-Jamba, 5-Kali, 20-Loco, 8-Andre, 13-Edson, 17-Figueiredo, ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Joao Ricardo is seeing plenty of action as Angola's number one keeper during the African Nations Cup, but once the tournament is over he will ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 28th, 2006
Sunday is a big night for Angola as it takes on Togo in a must win match in African Nations Cup action in Egypt.
As is ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 26th, 2006
Angola Press, required reading each day here at World Cup Blog, is reporting that the Angolan Federation of Soccer will pay for the medical expenses ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
A pair of second half goals by Samuel Eto'o and Albert Meyong Ze were all that Cameroon needed to defeat Togo 2-0, ending the Hawks' ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
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Angola was unable to take advantage of playing a man up for more than 70 minutes drawing with Congo 0-0 in African Nations Cup action.
Congo's ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
The closest most players in Portugal's lower divisions will ever get to World Cup is watching it on their televisions.
But that is not the case ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 24th, 2006
Despite already playing a game and despite appearing last in its group’s standings Angola is trying to convince itself that the African Nations Cup really ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 23rd, 2006
Bad new for fans of the Black Antelopes as it was made official today that stalwart defender Yamba Asha will not be allowed to play ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 22nd, 2006
Angola striker Mantorras has lived in Portugal for the last seven years and currently plays for Benfica. The irony isn’t lost on Mantorras that ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 21st, 2006
Heading into his team’s match against Cameroon, Angola coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves said his team fears no one. Maybe they should have been more ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 21st, 2006
A lot of people have wondered how Togo and Angola were able to beat out more established African teams to qualify for the World Cup. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 21st, 2006
Angola had high expectations coming into its opening match of the African Nations Cup against Cameroon, but Samuel Eto'o quickly doused the Palancas Negras' optimism. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 21st, 2006
One of the most brilliant things about the World Cup is that it brings attention to countries that you rarely hear about.
With four new qualifiers ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 20th, 2006
With football fever gripping the war-torn nations, Angolans are eager to see how their much beloved Palancas Negras will fare against the always dangerous Les ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 20th, 2006
Positive words coming from Angola coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves ahead of his team’s opening match against Cameroon in the African Nations Cup on Saturday.
“It is ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 20th, 2006
Angola midfielder Gilberto has been ruled out of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt with an Achilles injury, which he sustained during a friendly ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 19th, 2006
Angola and Morocco finished their preparations for the African Nations Cup with a 2-2 draw in Rabat. As is usually the case, our friends ...
