Africa-Press – Angola. In abstinence from winning Girabola titles, since 2009, Petro de Luanda, a chronic candidate, begins to exude the scent of champion of the 44th edition of the National Football Championship of the I Division, although there are ten games to play for the end of the competition. .
Expanded now by seven, the point difference over the national champion, Sagrada Esperança, second with 44, in the league table, the oil workers under the orders of the Portuguese Alexandre Santos, are only dependent on you to celebrate the 16th trophy in their history.
And in the event of a success, the number of cups won in parallel with the eternal sports rival, 1º de Agosto, whose status is the second club with the most achievements of Girabola, having supported such a feat unequivocally in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, with the fourth championship, with the fifth, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, exclusive to Petro.
To materialize the desideratum, the current leader of the crowd sport in the country in particular, and in the world, in general, needs to continue to win and if he manages to do so without registering any mishap he could reach 81 points, digits unattainable by the competition.
Finishing undefeated is a herculean task for Santos and his pupils, especially as they still have to face a direct candidate, Sagrada Esperança, with whom they lost, 1-2, in the first round of the competition.
With 1º de Agosto, third ranked, at nine points, the tricolors have a greater margin of error, if they signal a possible slip in the subsequent rounds.
On Wednesday, in Benguela, at the Ombaka National Stadium, in an anticipation game, referring to the 23rd round, the oil workers showed, with robustness and resilience, the strength of their combustion, winning, categorically, by 3-0, Wiliete Sport Clube, the team with which they shared points in the first round, after a goalless draw.
Determined not to let the sovereign opportunity “run away”, Wellington, Augusto Mualucano, Benny (goalkeeper), Pedro, Kinito, Pedro Pinto, Diógenes, Vidinho, Eddie Afonso, Littlefinger and Tó Carneiro (defenders), Soares, Job, Dany Satonho , Jaredi, Ito, Anderson, Maya, Erico, Gleison and Megue (midfielders), Tiago Azulão and Yano (forwards), will certainly do everything to lift the title.
Champion’s Defeat
Coming from a 1-0 defeat against Petro de Luanda, in a scoring challenge for the third round of Group D of the African Champion Clubs’ League preliminary round, Sagrada Esperança, under the orders of Roque Sapiri, could not sustain the audacity of Académica do Lobito, and stumbled, 0-2, at Estádio do Buraco, in the tactical lessons given by the students of coach Silvestre Pelé.
what’s left to play
With a similar purpose but different stuff, the two candidates will face, until the end of the competition, the following opponents. Tomorrow, for the 21st round, Sagrada Esperança will face Progresso Sambizanga in Luanda, while on Sunday, Petro will go to Huíla province to meet Desportivo.
In the 22nd round, Sagrada tests skills with Sporting de Cabinda, and Petro with Bravos do Maquis. On the 23rd, Sagrada will face Recreativo do Libolo, and on the 24th, Petro will face Progresso Sambizanga.
Matchday 25 reserves Sporting de Cabinda – Petro, and Sagrada-Sporting de Benguela. In the 26th, in direct confrontation, the two teams can, if the punctual distance reduces, decide which one of them will be crowned, champion.
Académica-Petro and Sagrada-Inter, takes place on the 27th, Petro-Sporting de Benguela and Cuando Cubango-Sagrada, on the 28th, while on the 29th, the lineup features Libolo-Petro and Sagrada-Recrativo da Caála.
In closing, Inter will host Petro on 22 de Junho, and 1º de Agosto will host Sagrada at Estádio 11 de Novembro.
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