{"id":19198,"date":"2023-09-11T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/epif-becomes-the-first-national-under-19-football-champion"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:15:26","slug":"epif-becomes-the-first-national-under-19-football-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/epif-becomes-the-first-national-under-19-football-champion","title":{"rendered":"EPIF becomes the first national under-19 football champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>EPIF, a football school in Praia, is the national football champion at the under-19 level. The title was won yesterday, by beating Batuque de Sa\u0303o Vicente 2-1, in the final of this first competition played at the National Stadium, in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>According to Inforpress, in a match in which EPIF demonstrated greater physical power and consistency, under the leadership of captain Mangala, the scoring was opened in the 34th minute through striker Mauro, after a good play by that team.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the break, EFIP closed the first half with greater possession of the ball and Batuque with some timid arrivals in a very supported and technical football, which had the most dangerous element in striker Djelane.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Batuque appeared more confident, but it was EPIF, in the 61st minute, who made it 2-0, through Tibau, who had just entered.<\/p>\n<p>When everything pointed to a peaceful outcome to the match, Batuque reduced the score through Djelane, a deserved goal for the striker and for the Sanvicentinos, who demonstrated their desire to score throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting ended under the sign of uncertainty, but with the EPIF closer to 3-1 than Batuque to the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Individual duels<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the match, Batuque&#8217;s coach, Nhela, said that his team lost this final in \u201cindividual duels\u201d, highlighting the greater physical power of the opposing players.<\/p>\n<p>After congratulating EPIF on the victory, Nhela said that this competition served to promote his players for Batuque&#8217;s main team.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Odair Rodrigues, EPIF coach, said that the objective was achieved, that is, winning the championship, and praised the quality of the players present.<\/p>\n<p>The first edition of the national championship at the under-19 level saw the participation of four teams from the same number of sporting regions, namely EPIF da Praia, Sporting da Boa Vista, Menifute do Sal and Batuque de Sa\u0303o Vicente.<\/p>\n<p>The race was disputed in the all-against-all system, one lap, and the first two classified went to the final.<\/p>\n<p>List of winners:<\/p>\n<p>Best player in the Final: Mangala<\/p>\n<p>Best goalkeeper: Mancaiu (EPIF)<\/p>\n<p>Best Scorer: Tibau (EPIF)<\/p>\n<p>Best coach: Odair Rodrigues (EPIF)<\/p>\n<p>Best player: Canal (EPIF)<\/p>\n<p>Fair-play teams: Sporting da Boa Vista<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Batuque (Sa\u0303o Vicente)<\/p>\n<p>Champion: EPIF (Santiago Sul)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\">Cape verde<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. EPIF, a football school in Praia, is the national football champion at the under-19 level. The title was won yesterday, by beating Batuque de Sa\u0303o Vicente 2-1, in the final of this first competition played at the National Stadium, in the capital. According to Inforpress, in a match in which EPIF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,331,328],"class_list":["post-19198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-cape-verde","tag-cape-verde"],"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>EPIF becomes the first national under-19 football champion - Cape Verde<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EPIF, a football school in Praia, is the national football champion at the under-19 level. 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