Africa-Press – Angola. The U-18 women’s national basketball team will face today, at 9:00 am, at the Cidadela Sports Pavilion, against Académica de Malanje, with a view to the screening of the African Championship of the category, to be held from 4 to 14 August, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. , selective for the U-19 World Cup.
This is the third preparation game of the team guided by the coach, Elisa Pires, the second with the formation of the city of Palanca Negra. In the first match, the Selection won, by 68-41, and lost the second, by 44-77, with the senior team of Inter de Benguela, last Wednesday.
Although the result was not in question, the technique said that the challenge, with the third-placed finisher of the last edition of the Senior Women’s National, served to draw the best lessons from the difficulties imposed by the opponent.
The technical team decided to anticipate the control games, due to the little time left for the start of the Senior Women’s National. According to Elisa Pires, it is very unlikely that the teams will be available for training games with the Angolan team.
The same will happen with the sub-14 and sub-16 levels, which will compete in the respective National Championships starting tomorrow.
“So far the response has been positive, despite the short preparation time. The girls have been doing their best, and any one of them wants to be among those chosen to compete in the African Championship”, he said.
Elisa Pires highlighted the difficulties she has had to transmit the tactical fundamentals, as some of them have technical weaknesses, as a result of the two years without competition in the lower levels, despite the presence in a regional competition, last year.
“Everything that was transmitted to the group of athletes who participated in the Games of Region V, in Lesotho, was lost. It is obvious that, without competition, everything becomes more complicated. compete in the Under-17 World Cup, which serves as an antechamber for Afrobasket”, stressed the coach.
Angola did not compete in the last edition of the U-16, while the other opponents, who participated, will now enter the African Championship with another competitive shoot.
In the face of adversity, Elisa Pires promises not to give up and promises to do her best to provide the group with arguments and leave a good image in Antananarivo.
Assisted by Agdel Cristiano and Jacqueline Francisco, Eliza Pires called 21 athletes, with 1º de Agosto being the most represented association with ten, followed by Ferroviário de Luanda with four, while the others are distributed by Interclube, Benfica do Lubango, La Bomba and Benfica of Portugal.
Men’s team returns to the Citadel
The U-18 men’s national basketball team returns today, at 2:00 pm, to the Main Pavilion of Cidadela to continue the projection of the African Championship of the category, to be held from 1 to 15 August, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, selective for the Under-18 World Cup. -19.
The execution of exercises to build defensive and offensive transitions, as well as ball circulation, passing, possession, dribbling and short and long distance shots will dominate the session, according to the program.
Coach Apolinário Paquete made it known that, above any sporting result, he is concerned about the future of these players, who in the coming times will reach the National Team of Honors.
JA learned, from a source from the Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB), that the control games start to be played next week. At the moment, work is being done to find teams to test the skills of the national “five”.
The objective is to reach the first two places on the podium, which will guarantee their presence in next year’s world championship, with a stage yet to be defined.
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