Africa-Press – Angola. Wydad AC, opponents of Petro de Luanda, arrive today at 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, in the country’s capital, with a view to the game this Saturday, at 2:00 pm, at Estádio Nacional 11 de Novembro, referring to the first leg of the semi-finals. of the African Champion Clubs’ Football League.
The Title King, designated by the Moroccan team, is expected with a delegation of more than 45 people, including athletes, members of the technical staff, club directors and federatives.
According to an official program for the arrival of the Moroccan club, the opponents of the tricolors will hold a light training session in the afternoon for the athletes to relax.
Tomorrow, at game time, Widad de Casablanca will carry out the recognition and adaptation training to the turf, in a session open to the press for 15 minutes.
Before that, coach Walid Regragui, 46, previewed the match, in a press conference on the stage of the match.
The second leg match will be played on the 13th of this month, at 19:00, at the Mohamed V Stadium, in the city of Casablanca.
The Algerian referee, Mustapha Ghorbal, 36, appointed by the African Football Confederation (CAF) to referee the match, arrived yesterday afternoon in Luanda, accompanied by fellow countrymen and assistant judges Mokrabne Gourari and Abdelhak Etchali.
The refereeing quartet is completed today, with the arrival of the fourth judge, Pacifique Ndabihawenimana, from Burundi, and Onias Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe).
Tricolor Preparation
The solidity of the defensive organization and the fast construction of the offensive game dominate, today, at 9:30 am, the preparation work of Petro de Luanda, in the Osvaldo Saturnino “Jesus” field.
In fact, as has become a habit at “Catetão”, coach Alexandre Santos is guiding the training sessions without the prying eyes of the press, to avoid any information about details of the technical and tactical aspects.
For the general bench, entries will be free, just for the football fan to present himself dressed in a yellow shirt.
Tickets for the West and East VIP seats are being sold, since Tuesday, at the value of five and ten thousand kwanzas, respectively.
For the Nascente and Poente cabins, tickets cost between 12 and 15 thousand kwanzas. The tricolors mobilized around 200 Sports Venue Assistants (ARDs) for the security system inside the match stage.
For the match against the King of Titles, the official designation of the WAC, the gates of Estádio Nacional 11 de Novembro will open at 9:00 am, according to a note from Clube do Eixo-Viário.
Hélder Martins whistles TP Mazembe – RSB Berkane
The referee Hélder Martins goes, tomorrow, via Johannesburg, to the city of Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where he whistles, this Sunday, at 14:00, the game between TP Mazembe and RSB Berkane, at 14:00, referring to the first leg of the Nelson Mandela Cup semi-finals.
The information was disclosed yesterday to Jornal de Angola, by the FIFA judge himself, after a training session to maintain physical condition, held on the synthetic track of Estádio Municipal dos Coqueiros, in downtown Luanda.
“JA” found that Hélder Martins is part of a group of 12 Elite A referees from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), chosen to referee the semi-finals and finals of the African Champion Clubs League and the Nelson Mandela Cup.
In 2019, the Angolan refereed the match between Mamelodi Sundowns FC-Wydad AC, 1-2, in South Africa, referring to the second leg of the Clubs League semi-finals.
In the city of Alto Catanga, southeast of the DRC, the Angolan will have as assistants fellow countryman Jerson Emiliano dos Santos and Mozambican Arsénio Chadreque Marengule.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has also appointed Ahmad Heeraral, from Mauritius, as fourth referee. The South African Victor Gomes is the video of the assistant referee (VAR) appointed by CAF, with his compatriot Zakhele Siwela (VAR assistant) as his assistant. Tanzanian Leslie Leonard is the reserve referee.
The second leg is scheduled for the 15th of this month, at 20:00, at the Municipal Stadium of Berkane, in the Moroccan city of Berkane.
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