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Angola eye Malawi's scalp


Angola will be looking to gun down Malawi in the
COSAFA Castle Cup Group B game at the
Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Sunday.
Kick-off is at 5:30pm.
Palancas Negras are making their return to the
regional tournament after failing to compete at
all last year in South Africa.
The three-time COSAFA champions were
thrashed 3-1 by a spirited Central African
Republic (CAR) side away over the weekend.
Valdemar Antonio 'Pana' Almeida grabbed
Angola's consolation goal in the 2017 Africa Cup
of Nations (Afcon) qualifier Group B encounter.
Angola coach Samy Matias is assisted by
Augusto Manuel "Leão" and Simão Languinha,
while Laurentino Cruz is the goalkeeper coach.
Matias selected a youthful squad for the
COSAFA Cup. Striker Vladimir 'Go' and midfielder
Nandinho have been included in the team.
Palancas Negras are the favourites to win Group
B, but they will face stiff competition from
Malawi, Lesotho as well as Mauritius.
Meanwhile, Malawi's Flames will be out to stun
Angola when the two sides clash in a Group B
encounter on Sunday afternoon.
The Flames beat Zambia 1-0 in the last year's
COSAFA Cup Plate final. They had lost to
Mozambique on penalties in the quarterfinals.
As part of their preparation for this year's
tournament, the Flames drew 0-0 with Namibia in
a friendly encounter in midweek.
Malawi have reached the COSAFA Cup final
twice. They reached the 2002 and 2003 finals,
but they were beaten by South Africa and
Zimbabwe respectively.
The Flames coach Ernest Mtawali included
experienced players like Josephy Kamwendo and
Chiukepo Msowoya in his squad for the regional
tournament.
Angola beat Malawi 3-2 in the 2013 COSAFA Cup
Plate semifinal encounter at the Arthur Davies
Stadium in Kitwe, Zambia.

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