{"id":250789,"date":"2024-11-14T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/14\/angola-take-on-transitioning-ghana-in-afcon-qualifying-showdown\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:21:08","slug":"angola-take-on-transitioning-ghana-in-afcon-qualifying-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/14\/angola-take-on-transitioning-ghana-in-afcon-qualifying-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola take on \u201ctransitioning\u201d Ghana in AFCON qualifying showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"new_article\">\n<div class=\"news-inner\">\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/africanfootball.com\/resources\/images\/placeholder.jpg\" id=\"cmain_image823248\" alt=\"Angola take on \u201ctransitioning\u201d Ghana in AFCON qualifying showdown\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n    Estrela of Angola warms up during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers match between Niger and Angola at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on 15 October 2024 \u00a9Nour Aknajja\/BackpagePix  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n  <!-- \n\n<h3 class=\"title\">Angola take on &ldquo;transitioning&rdquo; Ghana in AFCON qualifying showdown    <\/h3>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">by <!-- Author Start --><br \/>\n    Thando Mpembe    <!-- Author End -->\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">\n    Thursday Nov 14, 2024. 12:58  <\/p>\n<p>  <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Angola will aim to keep up their almost-perfect record in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers when they welcome Ghana to Estadio 11 de Novembro on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off is at 21:00 CAT (SA, GMT+2)<\/p>\n<p>Ghana in the meanwhile, are making the trip to Luanda in search of a victory to preserve their already faint chances of making it to the main draw of the tournament next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Sable Antelopes have stunned in their qualifying campaign, breezing past tough opposition such as the Black Stars and Sudan in their two opening fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The team also made light work of Niger in their matches last month. Pedro Goncalves\u2019 players have won eight matches across all competitions and are undefeated in their last 12 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Angola have also been impressive defensively, coming away with a clean sheet on seven different occasions. <\/p>\n<p>Ghana have made it through to each of the most recent 10 AFCON tournaments and were backed heavily to secure a spot in the group stages of next year\u2019s showpiece to be hosted in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Black Stars, their chances of qualification are hanging in the balance with them needing to win their two remaining qualifying matches to possibly leapfrog Sudan into second place of Group F.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana is a country of football, and I grew up watching the Black Stars with big names,\u201d says Angola head coach Goncalves according to Modern Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have wonderful players worldwide, including Europe and Portugal. But unfortunately, they\u2019re not in the best moment now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate the work Otto Addo is doing for Ghana, even though it\u2019s a challenging time. It\u2019s just an unfortunate situation, but this is football,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\n          <!-- Article End -->\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estrela of Angola warms up during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers match between Niger and Angola at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on 15 October 2024 \u00a9Nour Aknajja\/BackpagePix by Thando Mpembe Thursday Nov 14, 2024. 12:58 Angola will aim to keep up their almost-perfect record in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Angola take on \u201ctransitioning\u201d Ghana in AFCON qualifying showdown - 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