Draw
joins Angola and Portugal in the same group
Luanda,
12/10 - Angola`s soccer team will face Portugal in the first match
of the national squad`s participation in the World Cup competition
that is scheduled for June 2006, in Germany.
This comes as a result of the draw that was carried out on Friday,
in Leipzig, Germany, which also put the mentioned two teams in
Group D with Mexico and Iran.
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| Match |
Date |
Venue |
Teams |
Time |
7 |
11-Jun-06 |
Nuremberg |
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MEX:IRN |
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18:00 |
8 |
11-Jun-06 |
Cologne |
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ANG:POR |
|
21:00 |
23 |
16-Jun-06 |
Hanover |
|
MEX:ANG |
|
21:00 |
| 24 |
17-Jun-06 |
Frankfurt |
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POR:IRN |
 |
15:00 |
| 39 |
21-Jun-06 |
Gelsenkirchen |
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POR:MEX |
 |
16:00 |
40 |
21-Jun-06 |
Leipzig |
|
IRN:ANG |
|
16:00 |
All Matches displayed in Local Time |
Sports
Minister Augurs Good Performance In World Cup 2006
Luanda, 10/12/2005
- Angolan Youth and Sports Minister José Marcos Barrica
recognised on Friday in Leipzig, Germany, the debilities
still visible in the national soccer team, but predicts good
performances in the 2006 World Cup to be played from 09 June
to 09 July 2006.
According to the Minister who speaking to Angolan media organs at Leipzig where
the draw was held and in which Angola was placed in Group D with Portugal, Mexico
and Iran, the idea is not winning the competition but having a prestigious exhibition
for the country and for Africa.
"We have spirit and this is what will make us play well", affirmed the Minister
who returns to the country on Sunday.
In Angola, Marcos Barrica will receive in an audience the German Franz Beckenbauer,
who jets in Luanda on Tuesday, December 13, in ambit of a tour through African
Countries which qualified for the 2006 World Cup.
The former star of the German soccer, co-ordinator of the organisation of the
event that his country will host, will hold various meet in Angola with the football
federation and other sports institutions. |
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Soccer/World
Cup: Scolari Considers Angola-Portugal Encounter "Special"
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| Luanda, 10/12/2005 - Portugal's
National Team, Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari affirmed
on Friday that playing Angola in the World Cup will be a special
opportunity due to the historic ties that unite both peoples,
but reminded that each team aims at winning.
Speaking to the Portuguese press soon after the Friday draw in Leipzig, Germany,
the Portuguese manager remembered the qualifying stage in which both teams
hoped that each of them qualified for Germany 2006.
The relationships with Angola need, as expected, a special remark, probably
because the competition will seriously require forgetting such kindness.
"We hoped that Angola qualified and the Angolans did the same for us in Euro-
2004. Now each one thinks of winning", he said, stressing the importance of the
first match precisely against Angola.
After saying this, Scolari concluded diplomatically. "In this group, all teams
are favourites". |
David v Goliath:
Cologne, 8 June, Angola v Portugal - FIFA.com
A Hollywood scriptwriter could not have dreamt up a better scenario for Angola's
first ever finals match. The African team will face Portugal, their former colonial
rulers and a country where many of their footballers are based, among them the
Benfica striker Mantorras. |
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