Yesterday was a great day for Angola fans all over the world and also a great day for El Ahly fans after Flavio Amado became the first Angolan in history to score in a World Cup final match.

Flavio Amado also became the 1st player from Egyptian football club, El Ahly, to score in World Cup finals. (Magdy Abdel Ghani who was the last Egyptian player to score in the World Cup was not an El-Ahly player when Ghani scored for Egypt in Italy 1990.)


The 1-1 draw with Iran left Angola in third place behind Portugal and Mexico with two points, while Iran became fourth with just one point out of there 3 matches during the tournament.

The match highlights:


5': After a slow start to the game news filtered through to Leipzig that Portugal had taken the lead against Mexico. This made the Angolan fans inside the stadium dance with delight, as they hoped to help inspire their team to victory.


20': There was bad news for Angola as they had two players stretchered off inside 60 seconds. First Mateus left the field after sustaining what looked like a serious leg injury and then Loco needed medical attention after being involved in a challenge with Hashemian. While Mateus was replaced by Love, Loco was able to continue, having been booked for his foul on the Iranian striker.

Follow up:

27': For the second time in three minutes, Iran went close. Hashemian rose above the Angolan defence and directed a header towards goal, but Mendonca cleared off the line. Rahman Rezaei sliced the rebound wide.


34': Angola had four corners in a row, but they were unable to create a clear-cut chance and Miloy ended the spell of pressure for the Palancas Negras when he dragged his 20-yard effort wide of the target.


47': Angola started the second half brightly. Less than 100 seconds after the restart, the ball fell kindly for Mendonca in a promising position outside the box, but the midfielder saw his right-foot shot drift just wide.

60': Angola took the lead with a superbly taken goal. After showing good skills in the centre of the pitch, Figueiredo played the ball to Ze Kalanga who sprinted down the right-hand side. His ball into the box was perfect and a grateful Flavio Amado headed the ball home for his 14th international goal. (0-1)

75': Against the run of play, Iran drew level. After winning a corner on the right-hand side, which was taken by Mahdavikia, the unmarked Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh headed the ball into the net, to the fury of Angola No.1 Joao Ricardo. (1-1)





84': Iran's goal appeared to dent Angola's sense of belief and the Africans risked conceding a second as Rasoul Khatibi's shot on the turn was palmed over by Joao Ricardo.



After the game Flavio Amado revealed in the press conference:

"I'm excited, being the first Angolan to score in a World Cup final match. I had a few problems at the start of the tournament because I wasn't being selected. Thanks to the team psychologist and my family, though, I picked myself up and achieved something historic. We put a lot of effort in but we lacked the organisation we needed to qualify."

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