After the draw yesterday, against Espérance de Tunis, from Tunisia, the tricolors remain at the top of group C, now with eight points
Espérance de Tunis yesterday led Petro de Luanda to a goalless draw, at the 11 de Novembro Stadium, in the Angolan capital, in a game related to the fourth round of group C of the African Champions League.
With this result, the Tricolors are late in reaching the quarter-finals of the most important club competition of the African Football Confederation (CAF), headed by South African Patrice Motsepe.
Still, the only Angolan ambassador in the ‘Champions’ leads the series, now with eight points in the league table. In turn, the Tunisians of Espérance de Tunis reinforced their second position, with five points, meaning they still maintain their dream of reaching the other stage of the African Champions Clubs League.
On February 24th of next year, Petro de Luanda will visit Al Hilal Omdurman from Sudan, for the fifth round of the group, while Espérance from Tunis will face their “colleagues” from Étoile du Sahel. During the match, the Catetão team entered determined to score the opening goal in the first quarter of an hour, but the opponent’s defensive wall was properly organized.
In fact, the visitors handed the game over to the home team and took advantage of the counterattack, but without success, as defenders Kinito and Pedro Pinto were alert. In this way, the null score during the ninety regular minutes is adjusted by what the two teams did within the four lines.
At the end of the challenge, Petro de Luanda’s coach, Alexandre Santos, said that his team should do their best, because the goal is to move on to the other phase of the competition. “We will continue to work to achieve what was outlined by the management”, he highlighted.
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