Africa-Press – Angola. The team of Petro de Luanda received and bent saturday, at the Pavilhão do Ispec, the similar team from Casa do Pessoas do Porto do Lobito, by 129-67, in a match referring to the fourth round of the 45th edition of the National Senior Men’s Basketball Championship, aka Unitel Basket, a match that marked the debut of the national champion in title.
After winning the Wlademiro Romero Supercup trophy, beating arch-rivals, 10 de Agosto, 99-92 in the final, the capital’s oil companies had failed to compete in the first two rounds, due to the pre-competitive stage of a week they held in the neighboring Republic of South Africa, at the invitation of the local Cape Town Tigers training.
In the third round of the edition number 45 of Unitel Basket, the tricolor team took time off due to a calendar imperative.
Saturday, in the debut, against Casa do Pessoas do Porto do Lobito (CPPL), a team far inferior to the representative of the province of Luanda, the oil companies of the capital lived up to the status of the best equipment of the present time in the domestic competitions, applying plate to the Benguelans.
Playing at home and with the support of its associative mass, the formation of Petro de Luanda, which counts on the services of the Ivorian base, Souleyman Diabate, 35 years old, to attack the 2022/2023 sports season, had no difficulty in supplanting Casa People from Porto do Lobito, a guild that for the second year in a row disputes the Unitel Basket, after several years out of the “Nacional da bola ao povo” club.
In fact, the final result (129-67) perfectly attests to the superiority of Petro de Luanda that made its new “star” Souleyman Diabate debut.
José António, 23 points, Teotonio Dó, 20, Childe Dundão, 17, and Pedro Bastos, with 16 points, stood out among the defending national champions.
António Deogracio, with 16 points, shone in the formation of the Casa do Pessoas do Porto do Lobito.
10 de Agosto, the undisputed leader of the competition, now with eight points, defeated his “younger brother” (10 de Agosto B), by 83-99.
Grupo Desportivo Interclube felt immense difficulties to overcome the always fierce formation of Akira Academy, by 61-57.
Futebol Clube Vila Clotilde beat Petro de Luanda B, by 87-74, while Clube de Formação Desportiva Kwanza beat Atlético Sport Aviação (ASA), by 96-90.
Interclube B defeated Clube Amigos de Basquetebol de Benguela, by 45-85.
Here are the complete results of the third round played on Friday: ASA-Interclube B (78-71), Akira-Jesus Cristo (77-79), Interclube-Clube Amigos de Basquetebol de Benguela (122-66), Vila-CPPL ( 89-88), Petro B-10 Aug B (88-80), 10 Aug-CFDK (129-58).
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