Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Really, what can you say when your team lost 6-0? Or when your team won 6-0?
Jose PEKERMAN (ARG)
Argentina closed the game out really well after the first two goals. Serbia and Montenegro were meant to pose a big threat so it’s an important victory for us. We’ve got a great squad, a team with a […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Coaches talk after the game that brought Angola’s first ever point at the World Cup and Mexico closer to the last 16.
Luis Oliveira GONCALVES (ANG)
It was a good performance. Mexico are very strong and it’s not easy to play against them. My congratulations to both teams for the great game we saw tonight. I think […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
Though no one won, the result was a fairly good one for both teams.
Joao RICARDO (ANG), Budweiser Man of the Match
We are sure that this game will give a better image of our country and we are putting in a very strong effort also for Africa. We gave everything in the game, we […]
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Mexico and Angola finished the game: 0-0. The first ever point won by Angola at a World Cup.
For Mexico, bad times ahead: they have a most difficult game against Portugal in their last game of the group.
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
Angola’s Andre received a second yellow card and has been expelled. 10 more minutes in 10 players. Will Angola resist?
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
An unfortunate World Cup debut for both countries, but especially for Angola, in the words of players and coaches.
Coaches:
Luiz Felipe SCOLARI (POR)
It was a difficult game, but that’s what we expected. Getting an early goal helped us settle, and we created three or four chances, if not more. Angola got better in the second half, […]
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
1-0, goal Pauleta in minute 4. And that was it. Nothing more to say. I switched on HBO at some point. More entertaining, though I have seen “Phone Booth” 10 times already.
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Portugal just scored their first goal at the World Cup, with Pauleta scoring in the 4th minute, after a great personal display of skill and speed from Luis Figo.
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Angola and Portugal will play an istoric match on the starting of their respective runs at the World Cup 2006.
There is no doubt that the Group D game between Angola and Portugal will be something very special. The two countries, with centuries of history between them, will face each other on Sunday in Cologne and […]
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Saturday, June 10th, 2006
Angola is playing, for the first time in their history, at the World Cup, and defender Luis Delgado is happy to be part of this team.
“I feel enormous satisfaction just being here. It’s a great achievement to be playing for Angola in their first World Cup,” he told Reuters after a training session.
“I believe […]
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