News from Angola – Petro de Luanda, the only Angolan representative in the African Champions League of football, will face in the group stage Al Hilal from Sudan, responsible for the removal of Primeiro de Agosto from this stage, Esperance from Tunis and Étoile Sportive du Sahel, both from Tunisia, dictated the draw held today in Johannesburg (South Africa).
By: Mateus Sorte
Hour before the groups for the biggest club competition on the continent were drawn, Sagrada Esperança da Lunda Norte and Académica do Lobito, Angolan ambassadors in the African Football Confederation Cup, already knew that they were part of groups B and C respectively.
The Lundas will face, in the first game, Zamalek from Egypt, and then continue the journey facing Soar (Guinea) and Abu Salim (Sudan), while the academics were in the same group with the Nigerians from River United, the Tunisians from Club African and Dream FC from Senegal.
The 24th and 25th of November are the days scheduled for the teams to enter the scene in competitions that bring together the best in Africa, with the Wydad Casablanca teams from Morocco as the last champions in the biggest competition and the second biggest competition, also called Nelson Mandela Cup, the Union Sportive Médina d’Alger of Algeria