Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Sport Clube Morabeza team was crowned , this Sunday, Brava regional football champion for the second consecutive year. The team from the city of Nova Sintra, which already has a 9-point advantage over the runner-up, continues without suffering defeats when there is only one round left for the end of the championship.
In the game on Sunday the 19th, in which they became two-time regional champions of Brava, Morabeza thrashed Benfica 4-0 at Estádio Aquiles d ́Oliveira, thus totaling 15 points in five rounds.
Speaking to Radio de Cabo Verde (RCV), Emanuel de Pina “Nêy Lokô”, dedicated the title to Morabeza fans and, above all, to Brava emigrants in the United States who, as he highlighted, support the team with an “enormous desire ”.
On the occasion, Nêy Lokô”, reiterated that the objectives set for this season are aimed at revalidating the titles won in the previous season, namely the regional championship already achieved and the Taça da Brava for which Morabeza will play in the semi-finals next weekend. -weekend.
With yesterday’s results, Sunday the 19th, the leaderboard is led by Morabeza, with 15 points, followed by Benfica with six points, Corôa in third place with five points and Nô Pintcha in fourth and last place with two points.
The Brava regional football championship for the current sporting season (2022-2023) began on December 4, 2022 and has been played by only four of the six teams usually present in the competition.
Three regional champions
It should be noted that, in addition to Morabeza, to date, two more regional football champions have already been defined who will represent the respective regions in the National Championship of Cape Verde to be played next April.
The Os Sanjoanenses team, from Ribeira das Patas, won on the afternoon of Saturday, 18th, the title of Regional Champion of Santo Antão Sul, the second in their history.
In turn, Grupo Desportivo Palmeira had already won, two weeks ago, the third consecutive title of champion of the island of Sal when there were still three days to go before the end of the regional championship, thanks to the 10-point advantage over Florence, in second place. .
Taça Brava semi-finals
Next weekend, Morabeza faces Benfica in the semi-finals of the Taça Brava, which is also being disputed by four of the seven federated teams, namely, Benfica, Corôa, Morabeza and Nô Pintcha.
Remember that the Morabeza team holds the Taça da Brava, season 2021-2022, also won against the Benfica team in July last year.
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