Africa-Press – Angola. The teams of Angola and Turkey will re-edit, tomorrow, at 18:00, the final of the last edition of the World Cup at the Galatasaray Nef Stadium, in the city of Istanbul, in a challenge awaited with great anticipation, promising a close match between the two.
The Angolan team, to reach the final, beat, Friday (7), the selection of Haiti, by 4-2, in a balanced match during the regular time, carried out in the field.
The world champions started the challenge better and in the 10th minute, in an attacking move, João das Dores Chiquete opened the scoring, after an assist from forward Heno Guilherme. After the goal, the Angolans “fell asleep” and allowed equality, in the 16th minute, through Charles Saivola, with wide blame for the defensive sector for lack of communication.
With the tie, the game changed speed and the National Team reached the second goal following a penalty. Hilário Cufula, called on to collect, did it with mastery, in the 27th minute. Before, following a new error in the defensive sector, Haiti, through John Spinoza (24′), broke the tie on the scoreboard.
In the second half, the National Team, with better parchments, increased the lead through José Candeeiro (31′). Luas Fungula “Nacho” sentenced the final result of the game with a goal with a beautiful effect. It was an “electrifying” match with two teams competing for the title in confrontation.
With this triumph, the Angolans got revenge for the defeat of the previous edition, played in the city of Guadalajara, where the world champions lost in the group stage, with Haiti, by 1-2, in Mexico.
In another semi-final match, Turkey sweated hard to beat Uzbekistan 1-0 in Istanbul.
Sunday, before the final, the match between Haiti and Uzbekistan is scheduled at 16:00, in the same sports venue, to define the third position of the competition.
Recovery Training
Today, at 4:00 pm, the world champions will carry out a light training session for the recovery of the group’s physical condition, at the TFF facilities, in Riva. Afterwards, the athletes will rehearse all the processes and principles of play with the intention of overcoming the Turks.
For the qualifiers from 17th to 24th place, Liberia, African vice-champion, beat Ireland 6-3 yesterday. In another match, France defeated Iraq 3-1. Still tomorrow, the Liberians and French decide, at 10:00 am, the 17th position of the World Cup. Iraq and Ireland face each other for the definition of the 19th place in the league table.
Test Break
The competition registers, today, the second interregnum for the recovery of the athletes’ physical condition, resuming tomorrow with the challenges of the qualifiers from 5th to 23rd place. The group stage matches started on the 30th of September, without interruption, and ended on Monday, with the third and last matches of the six series.
Coach Admits Anxiety To Lift The Trophy
Cheto Baptista, coach of the National Football Team for amputees, advanced yesterday, in statements to the press, that the players and technical team are looking forward to lifting the world trophy, for the second time, tomorrow, at 18:00 , in the final of the XVII edition of the championship, at the Galatasaray Nef Stadium, in the city of Istanbul, Turkey.
“We are anxious to revalidate the title, God willing. The penultimate objective of the group, which was to reach the final, has been completed”, said the coach, after the triumph against Haiti, in a game referring to the semi-finals.
Cheto Baptista acknowledged that it was a match against a title contender.
“It was a very difficult game, because it was also one of the candidates for the title. Haiti came with a well-studied lesson to counteract the ambitions of the Angolans, but, fortunately, the victory went to our side”, he highlighted, very emotional, the coach at the end of the challenge.
The opponent’s objective, he said, was to remove the Angolans from the final of the competition. “It wasn’t easy. The 24 teams present in this competition came well prepared with the intention of fighting for the title and dethroning Angola”, stressing that the dream of being in the final was, in the face of a strong opponent, resolved.
“It’s a dream to be in the final, a wish and God wanted it that way. God prepared us to achieve this goal and that was the reason I cried a little”, confessed Cheto Baptista, who also recognized the quality of the opponent.
“Haiti has a strong team. But we worked for three months to overcome our adversaries”, he concluded.
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