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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>For the second time in the last four years, an Angolan representative played in the semi-finals of the biggest club competition on the African Football Confederation calendar.<\/b><\/p>\n

Petro de Luanda said goodbye to the campaign in the African Football Champions League with an honorable record of five wins, seven draws and only two defeats. The tricolors failed to cross the semi-finals barrier again, as they did 21 years ago, but they left intact the image of a remarkable journey at all levels.<\/p>\n

The trajectory of the campaign carried out by the Angolan representative in the preliminary phase of the biggest club competition on the Confederation of African Football (CAF) calendar would end up being a paradigm of what would be the sparkle patented in the group stage.<\/p>\n

Petro de Luanda’s “walk” in this endeavor in the African competition would take place at the start of the qualifiers, in September 2021, against Fovu dos Cameroon, with the tricolors achieving an important draw by two goals at the opponent’s home and a equal without goals (0-0) in the answer challenge, in Luanda. In the next stage of the tie, it was up to Ot\u00f4ho d’Oyo from Congo to discuss with the tricolors the place in the group stage.<\/p>\n

In the two matches played in October, Petro would end up drawing (2-2) at Ot\u00f4ho d’Oyo’s ground in the first “leg” match, for the decisive match, in Luanda, to confirm qualification for the Champions League group stage. , with a convincing 2-0 victory, with goals from Vidinho and Megue.<\/p>\n

Since they arrived at the period of dispute of games for points, the tricolors never left the credits in the hands of others. Even after some skepticism had been generated, due to the fact that it happened to be in a group that included top teams in Africa, such as Zamalek from Egypt and Wydad from Casablanca, the Angolan “ambassadors” were able to give a positive response to the fans’ expectations.<\/p>\n

The division of points with Zamalek, in the first round, ended up confirming a promising start to the campaign in the group stage. As proof of this, on the second round, the tricolors would “defeat” the Moroccans of Wydad de Casablanca, at Est\u00e1dio Nacional 11 de Novembro, by 2-1.<\/p>\n

On the third round, Petro starred, alongside Sagrada Esperan\u00e7a, in the Angolan “derby” in the African competition. in the condition of “owners of the house”, given the disapproval of the Sagrada Esperan\u00e7a Stadium, in Dundo. On the following day, the Eixo Vi\u00e1rio team would mark the dominance over their compatriots by thrashing by an expressive 3-0.<\/p>\n

With three victories assured, the tricolors would guarantee their presence in the quarter-finals, on the 5th round, against Zamalek, whose draw (0-0) was enough for the accounts.<\/p>\n

Having achieved the objective (stated as second in group D, with eleven points), the Angolan representative would travel to Morocco, with a view to the game of the sixth and last match practically just to fulfill the calendar, having this feeling influenced in the heavy defeat, by 5- 1, recorded in the duel with Wydad of Casablanca.<\/p>\n

But whoever thought that that result would shake the psychological structure of Alexandre Santos’ pupils ended up sorely mistaken. It’s because? Why on the following day, referring to the first leg of the quarter-finals, in a clear show of strength and, perhaps, Petro de Luanda would come to bend Mamelodi Sundowns, at Est\u00e1dio 11 de Novembro, by 2-1 The feat left the tricolors one step away from reaching the semi-finals of the competition, a fact that even happened in the return game, in South Africa, with the tie (1-1) favoring the tricolors.<\/p>\n

“Ghost”<\/p>\n

Semi-Finals<\/b>
\nAs fate would have it, Petro de Luanda’s opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League was Wydad de Casablanca, at the time, the team with whom they would suffer the only defeat in the competition.<\/p>\n

Recovering from the heavy defeat recorded in the group stage, the Angolan “ambassador” approached the game with an open heart, but above all aware of the obligation to redeem himself from the previous exhibition. helped Alexandre Santos’ team to react accordingly.Result: the tricolors would end up bent, in the Est\u00e1dio 11 de Novembro, in front of close to 45 thousand spectators, by an unexpected 3-1.<\/p>\n

With a two-goal deficit, the objectives of the Casablanca trip were foreseeable, practically impossible to achieve. The fact is that Petro was very close to starring in an authentic “miracle” at the Mohammed V Stadium, by “pulling the gallons” an exhibition from another world, however, insufficient to produce at least three goals. The most that the tricolors were able to achieve was an equality to one ball (1-1), in a game in which they deserved to win.<\/p>\n

Twenty-one years (21) later, Petro failed to cross the semi-finals barrier, like the “ghosts” responsible for haunting the brilliant course patented in 2001, at the time, under the guidance of Brazilian Djalma Alves Cavalcanti.<\/p>\n

Proud Coach<\/b>
\nAlexandre Santos makes a positive assessment of the team’s campaign in the African Champions League. The Portuguese coach at the service of Petro de Luanda confessed to being “very proud” of the feat achieved by his players.<\/p>\n

“I am very proud of my players. I am very proud of this club and it was a real demonstration of Petro’s strength and that we will be here next year, to do the same or better, knowing that this year was a great international season and of great value. for all the players and for the entire organization and for the club\u201d, said Alexandre Santos.<\/p>\n

“We gave a demonstration of strength, of ability and a demonstration of why we reached the semi-final. We really showed the ability we are and the pride we have in being Petro and in being a team from Angola, which is having a brilliant season and shows the real strength here\u201d, he underlined.<\/p>\n

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