{"id":98589,"date":"2026-04-03T11:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angola-falls-to-italy-in-nations-cup-opener"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:39:40","slug":"angola-falls-to-italy-in-nations-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/angola-falls-to-italy-in-nations-cup-opener","title":{"rendered":"Angola Falls to Italy in Nations Cup Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\">           <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong>         <\/span><b>Angola lost on Wednesday (1) to Italy, 3-4, in the opening of the Nations Cup in roller hockey, which runs until the 5th of this month in the city of Montreux, Switzerland.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The goals for the national team were scored by Big, Toma\u0301s Cardoso and Gonc\u0327alo Nunes, while for the Italians, Diquigiovanni, Malagoli, Gioele Piccoli and Elia Cinquini scored.<\/p>\n<p>The match is part of Group A, which also includes Argentina, Angola&#8217;s opponent in the second round on Thursday, and the Montreux Hockey Club.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentinians thrashed the &#8220;home&#8221; team, 7-1. The competition, also known as the Montreux Tournament, also includes the participation of the national teams of Portugal, France, Spain and Switzerland, which make up Group B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">           Find more news and analyses on           <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Angola<\/span>           on the           <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span>           website         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Angola lost on Wednesday (1) to Italy, 3-4, in the opening of the Nations Cup in roller hockey, which runs until the 5th of this month in the city of Montreux, Switzerland. The goals for the national team were scored by Big, Toma\u0301s Cardoso and Gonc\u0327alo Nunes, while for the Italians, Diquigiovanni, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-98589","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>Angola Falls to Italy in Nations Cup Opener - Angola<\/title>\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\/angola-falls-to-italy-in-nations-cup-opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angola Falls to Italy in Nations Cup Opener\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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