Luanda - Angolan winger Milson Felício was crucial in Red Star Belgrade's 3-1 victory over FK IMT, in a game played on Sunday, Oct 6, in the 11th round of the Serbian Superliga.
The striker, trained at Real Sambila (Angolan club), opened the scoring in the 36th minute, followed by Milan Rodic (65') and Silas Mvunpa (90+2'). Yoann Court (54’) reduced it for FK IMT.
With this triumph, the Red Stars strengthened its first position in the championship, with 28 points, while FK IMT is 15th in the standings, with eight (8).
This season, the international player has 4 goals in 12 games played.
Hired in the “2023-24” season by Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, the international scored his first goal in his new team on September 19th, in the defeat against Benfica (1-2), in the 1st round of Group A of the UEFA Champions League, in Belgrade.
The player, trained at Real Sambila, is expected on Monday Oct 7, to join the working group of the national team that will face Niger, at 8pm on Friday (11), at the 11 de Novembro Stadium, for the 3rd round of group F, qualifying for CAN'2025, in Morocco.
Milson was the scorer of Angola's goal (at 90+3') in the 1-0 victory against Ghana, in Kumasi, in a game played on Sept 6th for the 1st round of the race for the African Nations.
The 27-year-old athlete represented the Portuguese teams Leixões (2017-18) and Marítimo (2018-19 to 2020-21), as well as Nizhny Novgorod from Russia (2021-22) and Ankaragücü from Turkey (2022-23).
The second-leg game between Angola and Niger will be played on the 15th, at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, in Casablanca (Morocco), home loaned from Niger, for the 4th round.
In the general classification, Angola leads the group with 6 points, followed by Sudan with 3, while Niger and Ghana, with one point each, are last positioned.
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