Luanda - Angola beat Tanzania 2-1 on Tuesday to qualify for the quarter-finals of the African Amputee Football Championship (CAN), which is taking place in Cairo, Egypt.
In this match from matchday 2 of the continental event, the National Team lost at half-time, by 0-1, with a goal by France, in the 16th minute, at the Petrol Sport Stadium.
In the last 25 minutes of the 50-regulation game, the pupils of coach Augusto Baptista 'Cheto' tried to confirm their favoritism in the race to revalidate the title won in 2019, in the province of Benguela (Angola).
José Candeeiro started the comeback with a goal in the 29th minute, followed by Pedro Vicente's goal in the 36th minute.
It was Pedro Vicente's second strike of the tournament after he also scored in the opening 4-0 win over Sierra Leone.
For the quarter-finals, Angola will face Algeria on Thursday (time to be determined) at the same stadium in the city of Cairo, aspiring to the semi-finals.
Instead of three games as planned in the initial phase, the national team played only two due to Rwanda's withdrawal, the same happening with the teams in group A (Cameroon withdrew) and B (Senegal).
Group C, made up of Ghana, Kenya, Gambia and Algeria, is the only one that did not withdraw.
Teams qualified for the quarter-finals:
Group A - Egypt and Nigeria
Group B - Morocco and Liberia
Group C - Ghana and Algeria
Group D - Angola and Tanzania
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