Africa-Press – Angola. Sagrada Esperança da Lunda-Norte embarks today at 23:00, via Lisbon (Portugal), from where they will travel to the city of Casablanca, stage, Friday close to the game with Wydad AC, at Mohamed V Stadium, for the first journey of Group D of the League of African Champions Clubs of football.
On Wednesday, the Lundas will carry out the first preparation session, in one of the stadiums of the Moroccan port and commercial city and, on Thursday, they will carry out traditional reconnaissance training and adaptation to the grass of the Mohamed V Stadium.
By the president of the club, José Mwacabalo and the athletes Langanga, Gerson, Leonardo, Karanga, Lulas, Gaspar, Luís TatiLomalisa, Adó Pena, Carlinhos, Lépua, Água Doce, Depú, Celso Cabuço, Mateus, Femy, Cachi, Victoriano, Jó Paciência , Mamadou and Dlamini.
Langanga, who recovered from a health problem in Luanda, has been reinstated in the working group for two weeks and may be Roque Sapiri’s option in the challenge against the King of Titles, the official designation of the Wydad de Casablanca team.
The Lundas’ opponent drew, on Saturday, without goals, with Ittihadi Riadi Tanger, at the IBN Batouta Stadium, in the city of Tangier, in a match for the 16th round of the Moroccan championship. Wydad occupies the first position of the classification, with 36 points. In 16 games, he had 11 wins, three draws and two defeats. It has the best attack in the local league, with 27 goals scored and 13 conceded. It has a squad of 50 players, with an average age of 27 years, 1.81 in height and 74 in weight.
Training in the capital
The diamond workers, who arrive this Monday (7th) in Luanda, train at 8:00 pm at the Estádio Municipal dos Coqueiros, in downtown Luanda, or at the Estádio Nacional 11 de Novembro, in the municipality of Talatona, to adapt the artificial light.
Coach Roque Sapiri will recover the players due to the physical wear and tear registered in the game with Desportivo da Huíla in the city of Dundo, for the 18th round of Girabola’2021/22.
The coaching staff will spare the athletes who spent more minutes on the field, while the rest will improve their technical and tactical strategy for the challenge with Wydad AC. Diamonds are in Group D, alongside Petro de Luanda and Zamalek SC (Egypt). Petro de Luanda prepares the game against Zamalek SC.
Petro de Luanda starts preparing, today, at 9:00 am, at the Osvaldo Saturnino de Oliveira “Jesus” field, the challenge with Zamalek SC, for the first round of Group D of the African Champion Clubs’ League, scheduled for Saturday, at 5:00 pm, at Cairo International Stadium (Egypt).
In this morning’s work, coach Alexandre Santos will recover the athletes, but those who were most used in the challenge with 1º de Agosto will do light training. game situations, with emphasis on the fast defense/attack transitions.Tomorrow morning, in the same venue, the tricolors will return to the charge, already with the inclusion of technical-tactical exercises in one half of the field.
Alexandre Santos has the complete group despite some players complaining about some injuries. The tricolors will head to the Egyptian capital this Wednesday, in a sports delegation led by Alfredo Soares. Club president Tomás Faria, who is based in Yaoundé, will join the group on Thursday in Cairo. In the Egyptian championship, Zamalek is in second place, with 19 points, behind Al Ahly with the same score and one more game than the opponent.
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