Africa-Press – Angola. After two consecutive defeats, Interclube are looking for “redemption” in the final phase of the National Senior Men’s Basketball Championship, when they face 1.o de Agosto, at 3 pm, at the 28 de Fevereiro pavilion, in Luanda.
With no room for error, after defeats by 102-108 and 78-102 in the first and second game of the “play-offs”, the best of five, the formation of the “police” will have to be resilient to win. A reverse result puts the “military” immediately in the final with a 3-0 aggregate.
Playing at home and with the support of their fans, Inter has already demonstrated its ability to defeat any opponent at the senior men’s basketball level, not for nothing that it is runner-up in title.
To reach the final of the last edition, in which they lost to Petro de Luanda, Interclube overcame this same 1.o de Agosto, by 2-1, in a best-of-three tie, with the last game ending with the score of 100-96 after extra time.
This time, the “police” have athletes of enormous qualities like Emmanuel Quezada, Wilson Ambrósio, Edmir Lucas, Xavier Gibson and Valdelicio Joaquim.
A result other than this will be seen as a failure if the analysis is in proportion to financial investments.
In “rio-seco”, Nico Clareth, Jordan Aboudou, Gildo Santos, Islando Manuel and Edson Ndoniema are the stars of a team that bets on the collective.
In case of qualification, 1.o de Agosto improves, from now on, the classification of the previous championship, where it occupied the fourth position.
In the other semi-final, Petro de Luanda has practically secured access to the final. The holder of the title significantly defeated Vila Clotilde, by 102-66 and 129-74.
This third match, scheduled for 6 pm, at the Cidadela pavilion, will pit two teams with different goals against each other. The “tricolors” seek the third consecutive title, while Vila Clotilde the unprecedented one.
In fact, qualification was never in question. With another quality of athletes and another competitive level, Petro is already preparing its third participation in the African Basketball League, in its acronym in English BAL.
For this purpose, it has a legion of already tuned athletes such as Carlos Morais, Childe Dundão, Gerson Lukeny, among others, in addition to three foreign players, the Sudanese After Majok, the North American Damian Hollis and the Ivorian Soleiman Diabate.
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