{"id":89931,"date":"2025-09-17T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/striker-luvumbo-named-mvp-of-cosafa-cup-match"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:58:18","slug":"striker-luvumbo-named-mvp-of-cosafa-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/striker-luvumbo-named-mvp-of-cosafa-cup-match","title":{"rendered":"Striker Luvumbo Named MVP of Cosafa Cup Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Angolan striker Paulo Luvumbo on Sunday was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP), after a hat-trick in Angola&#8217;s 5-0 victory over Lesotho in the second round of Group C of the AFCON COSAFA Under 17 Category, that is taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old Interclube Luvumbo player scored three goals, while Eliseu Francisco and Constantino Chianica scored two more goals to reinforce the victory of the team coached by the Angolan Ma\u0301rio Catala.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the debut game, held Friday, Angola beat Botswana by 5-0. In that match, the captain of team Gabriel Silva, a Petro de Luanda player, was named MVP.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday&#8217;s game, Dala, Castro, Vandro, Osvaldo, Dumbo, Jairo, Gabriel, Manelson, Eliseu, Luvumbo and Chianica, were the players who made up the team&#8217;s starting lineup.<\/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. The Angolan striker Paulo Luvumbo on Sunday was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP), after a hat-trick in Angola&#8217;s 5-0 victory over Lesotho in the second round of Group C of the AFCON COSAFA Under 17 Category, that is taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe. 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