Angola/Egypt: Football - National Team to Play Egyptians, Moroccans

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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

19 December 2007
Posted to the web 19 December 2007

Angola's national team of soccer will play Egypt, Morocco and Canary Islands in the preparation for the 2008 African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Ghana.

The information was released Wednesday in Luanda by the national team coach, Oliveira Gonçalves, who said the friendly matches will take place in the first fortnight of January next year in different territories.

The programme of preparation will start with the match with the Canary Islands early in January and Egypt on January 13, in Lisbon, while the game with Morocco will take place in Casablanca on January 16 or 17, before leaving for Accra, capital of Ghana.

However, Oliveira Gonçalves admitted the possibility of other friendlies with European teams based in the Portuguese region of Algarve to take place.

The national team will leave Angola on December 26 this year for Algarve (Portugal).

Angola will play Tunisia, Senegal and South Africa in the preliminary stage of the CAN2008.

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