Africa-Press – Angola. Tied at one victory each, 1.o de Agosto and Petro de Luanda will decide at 18:30 this Monday, who will lead the series of five games scheduled for the final in the “play-offs” of the National Senior Men’s Basketball Championship.
In the first game, the “soldiers, placed fourth in the previous edition, surprised with a victory of 76-71, a challenge that recorded the breaking of the unbeaten record of coach José Neto at Petro’s service, two years later.
In the second, the “tricolors”, champions in title, equaled with a triumph of 90-71, further fueling the expectations of the fans.
This challenge, to be disputed in the Cidadela pavilion, will oppose a Petro ridden by coach José Neto already in the perspective of the African Championship, which will dispute from the 26th of this month, in Egypt, whose objective is to conquer the title, after a third and second places in previous editions.
On the side of 1.o de Agosto, coach Lazare Adingono is still in the process of creating a new identity, thanks to the less good period resulting from the financial problems that the club is experiencing, resulting in greater investment in the assets of the training school.
In two games, Petro was without two leading players expelled for aggression against the opponent, namely, the winger Gerson Domingos and the North American center, Damian Hollis.
1o de Agosto has won 19 titles against 15 for Petro de Luanda, which won the last three editions.
To reach the final, the team from “rio-seco” eliminated Iterclube by 3-1, while the team from “eixo-viário“ beat Vila Clotilde, by 3-0, from the five possible clashes.
Today will also be a day of caution on the part of the organization of the race, taking into account the incidents of the previous round, where there were situations of riots by part of the spectators in the stands.
At the end of the challenge, it was the turn of athletes from both teams to get involved in situations of disagreement that were appeased a few minutes later.
Until today, it is still not known, at least officially, any pronouncement from the management of the two clubs, much less from the Angolan Basketball Federation in the face of behavior contrary to the principles of “fair-play”, as recommended by the Intrnacional Olympic Committee.
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