Africa-Press – Angola. The Interclube coach, Elisa Pires, said that the revalidation of the title of national basketball champion, this Wednesday night, in Benguela, is the reward of the team’s hard work.
Speaking at the end of the third game of the Liga Azule, in which his team beat 1° de Agosto by 76 – 69, he said that it was a final with a higher competitive level.
Elisa Pires referred that, despite the fact that the second game of the “play-offs” was very exhausting, with the record of three extensions, the two teams managed to have legs and dignify the spectacle.
“It’s my first time coaching the senior women’s basketball team and I just have to thank my brave players and the club’s management, who believed in me”, she said, visibly moved.
He congratulated the 1° de Agosto team for the replica and for dignifying the game.
On the occasion, he launched an appeal to look more at women’s basketball.
The coach of 1° de Agosto, Walter Costa, considered that despite the defeat, his team knew how to fight until the end, with humility and dedication, but that one or two mistakes made by his pupils dictated the result.
The coach stated that 1° de Agosto is on its feet and that it will work to win next year.
In the game of the final, the current national champions lost at halftime by 43-37.
The best scorers in the challenge were Tamara Seda and Italee Lucas, both with 25 points.
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