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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Four players withdraw from Angola squad to face Ghana, Sudan

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Four players withdraw from Angola squad to face Ghana, Sudan

Angola head coach Pedro Goncalves will have to come up with a new plan as four players have withdrawn from their 25-man squad just days before their final matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Palancas Negras, whose spot in next year’s AFCON in Morocco is already guaranteed, will host the Black Stars of Ghana in Luanda on November 15 before battling Sudan three...

AFCON 2023: Angola coach Goncalves congratulates Nigeria after quarter-final win

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Angola boss Goncalves calls 25 players for Ghana, Sudan ties

Pedro Goncalves, head coach of the Angolan national team, has invited 25 players for their final two matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this month, Afrosport reports. The Portuguese coach has handed callups to Lens forward M'bala Nzola, who makes a return to the team for the first time since March 2023, and Joao Baxti, who hasn’t featured for Angola since 2022. Goncalves...

AFCON 2023: Angola coach Goncalves congratulates Nigeria after quarter-final win

AFCON 2023: Angola coach Goncalves congratulates Nigeria after quarter-final win

Angola head coach Pedro Gomcalves has congratulated Nigeria for their 1-0 win in the quarter-final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Goncalves could not lead the Sable Black Antelopes into the semi-final for the first time in the country’s history as Ademola Lookman power to the Super Eagles to victory. The 47-year-old praised his Portuguese counterpart Jose Peseiro for the work he has put in...