Africa-Press – Angola. With morale high and committed to winning the second edition of the Basketball African League, BAL, Petro de Luanda travels today, at 1:50 pm, to the city of Kigali, capital of Rwanda, where from the 19th to the 28th of the current year they will compete in the “playoffs”. ” of the final phase of the test.
Moralized by winning the Wlademiro Romero Super Cup, Angola Cup and National Championship titles, the oil workers will, for the second consecutive time, at the Kigali Arena, try to lift the last trophy in dispute that season.
The coach of the Eixo-Viário team, José Neto, emphasizes the desire to materialize this intention and said: “we have worked hard and I believe in the quality of our team and these players. the BAL”.
Petro de Luanda reached the playoffs with just one defeat, by 85-72, against Zamalek, champion in title and host of the Nile Conference, played in April, in Egypt. However, the tricolors won the FAP of Cameroon ( 73-60), Cobra Sports of Sudan (96-52), Tigers of Cape Town of South Africa (61-90) and Espoir Fukash of the Democratic Republic of Congo (94-63).
In addition to Petro de Luanda, the teams from Rwanda Energy Group (REG), Monastir from Tunisia, Association Sportive de Salé from Morocco, Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club from Guinea, Zamalek from Egypt, Cape Towns Tigers from South Africa and Cameroon FAP.
For the Rwanda operation, the following are: Gerson Domingos and Childe Dundão (bases), Elbert Matthews, Carlos Morais, Olímpio Cipriano and Gerson “Lukeny” Gonçalves (wings), Anderson Correia and Ângelo Alexandre (wings), Leonel Paulo (wings) pole), Yanick Moreira, Jone Pedro and Aboubakar Gakou (posts).
Out of the accounts, by technical option, are Aldemiro João “Vander”, José António “ZT” and Melvyn da Silva. Due to indiscipline and for being the subject of an inquiry is Valdelício Joaquim “Wander”.
Alexandre Jungo misses the trip due to an injury.
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