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.
The rider Bruno Fançony, from the province of Benguela, won this Sunday the Youth Grand Prix in motorcycling DT 50 CC, disputed in the municipality of Baía Farta.
In the following places (second and third) were Dabaleza André and Victor Carlos, both also from the province of Benguela.
The race had the participation of 30 pilots from the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Huambo, Bié, Huíla and the hostess.
Bruno Fancony considered the race to be very close, on a demanding circuit with above average riders.
According to the winner, the riders had a competitive level of a lot of adrenaline, but their physical and technical condition of the motorcycle made it possible to snatch the trophy.
According to the pilot, he will continue to work for the next competitions in order to maintain the invesibility.
However, pilot Dabeleza André, who led the race for ten laps, said that technical problems led him to give up the lead.
Dabaleza took the opportunity to launch a cry for help to the local business community, in order to support the modality.
The municipal administrator of Baía Farta, Rosalina Cassissa, promised to continue to support initiatives of this kind, in order to help spread motor sport, one of the great passions of youth.
Waldemar Albano wins cycling competition in the sub-23 category
Cyclist Waldemar Albano, from Escola Pepino, was the big winner of the under-23 closed circuit race, 28 kilometers long, also held at the municipal headquarters of Baía Farta.
Leonardo Valente, from Transchipeta do Lobito, and Rafael Amões, from Escola Penino, occupied the immediate places on the podium.
In the Master 40 category, Walter Pepino was the winner, followed by Carlos Gomes and Damy Gomes.
In the Master 30, Walter da Silva, João Feliciano and Ivan Baptista, were in the first, second and third positions, respectively.
In the cadet category, Diego Pepino was the winner, followed by Alexandre Costa and Edmilson Cravid. CRB
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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