{"id":83246,"date":"2025-05-14T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:17:19","slug":"filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying","title":{"rendered":"Filipe Nzanza Remains Confident of Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Filipe Nzanza, coach of 1.o de Agosto, highlighted on Tuesday the unpredictability of the Angola Cup matches, but remains confident of qualifying when they face Sagrada Esperanc\u0327a from Lunda-Norte today at 3:00 pm in the semi-final. \u201cThe team is doing well. We are managing the euphoria of the victory in the derby, but with our attention turned to the Angola Cup. The semi-final is unpredictable, as there is no draw. Whoever loses, is out. We will do everything we can to overcome Sagrada and guarantee qualification for the final of the competition. It is always difficult\u201d, stressed the leader of the military technical team.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The former midfielder from 1.o de Agosto revealed how he will approach the game: \u201cWe will go with our heads held high and fight as equals. Last season, we were eliminated at this stage, now we want to do things differently and compete in the final\u201d.Contrary to the plan to arrive in the city of Dundo yesterday, the soldiers only arrived at the match venue today. Filipe Nzanza sees the situation as unusual, but despite the disruption, he believes in qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how the players will react on the pitch. It\u2019s been a long time since we travelled on the day of the match. In our time it was completely different. That hasn\u2019t happened for more than five years. But we\u2019re going to forget what happened and focus on playing a good match, that is, winning the tie\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of casualties, the red and black team has one case: \u201cThe one who has been suspended is Milton. He received a yellow card in the match against Petro and was already conditioned for this match. Otherwise, the bulk of the team is available\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Angola Cup is the second biggest football competition in the country, after the National Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Filipe Nzanza, coach of 1.o de Agosto, highlighted on Tuesday the unpredictability of the Angola Cup matches, but remains confident of qualifying when they face Sagrada Esperanc\u0327a from Lunda-Norte today at 3:00 pm in the semi-final. \u201cThe team is doing well. We are managing the euphoria of the victory in the derby, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-83246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Filipe Nzanza Remains Confident of Qualifying - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Filipe Nzanza, coach of 1.o de Agosto, highlighted on Tuesday the unpredictability of the Angola Cup matches, but rem ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Filipe Nzanza Remains Confident of Qualifying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Filipe Nzanza, coach of 1.o de Agosto, highlighted on Tuesday the unpredictability of the Angola Cup matches, but rem ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T19:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-14T20:17:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/05\/sm_1747240960.797702.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Filipe Nzanza Remains Confident of Qualifying\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-14T19:45:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-14T20:17:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\"},\"wordCount\":330,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/05\/sm_1747240960.797702.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/filipe-nzanza-remains-confident-of-qualifying\",\"name\":\"Filipe Nzanza Remains Confident of Qualifying - 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