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As if the African gods wanted to compensate the tragedy with a small moment of happiness, some naughty spirits should have taken possession of the players of Angola and Mali, who gave us a madmen’s authentic party to inaugurate the Cup Africa. Before the party, Dos Santos, the president Angolan, greeted one by one to two onces initials and he was useful to remember before the camerawomen that the Cup Africa will keep on celebrating as it had been planned.

The selection maliense went out to the Stadium Two Coqueiros led by the Real Madrid supporter Mahamadou Diarrá and with Frédéric Kanouté as principal star; the culé Seydou Keita was not in eleven initially, but it played more than one hour because it substituted Modibo Maiga injured in the minute 35. Of the selection hostess, sincerely, I do not meet anybody, although for a moment, hearing the names of Djalma and Flávio, I thought about if they would have naturalized those two players of the Dépor (and before the Palmeiras), which careers perfectly could have finished in the league angoleña.
Certainly the Selection of Angola, in the competition like hostess, is very lower than that of Mali and, after a quarter of century of civil wars in the country, perhaps it had not qualified for the continental tournament. Nevertheless, The Black Levers managed to give the surprise coming to the rest with 2-0 in favor thanks to each Flávio butts, taking the madness to a few bleachers already of for themselves cheered up simply for the holiday of the soccer.

After the rest the Angolans managed to put the finger in the ulcer and made use of the collective collapse of the malienses to score another two goals, of Gilberto and Manucho, both of penalty. Quite he seemed concluded with 4-0 in the minute 74, but The Eagles achieved one of the most incredible recoveries of the history of the soccer. The native of Barcelona Keita opened the canister in 79, Kanouté made them believe in the miracle with two so many people in the minutes 88 and 93 and Mustapha Yatabare worked the prodigy with the tie in 94. Four goals in fifteen minutes! And two of them in the extension time!

A hard blow for the hosts, who remained with the honey in the lips, very close to giving the stroke in the inaugural party. An immense happiness for the malienses, although of course in the morning training they will have to speak on four goals fitted against a minor selection. And a holiday for the world of the soccer, especially for the whole Africa hurt by death for the injustice of few ones and the fragile and distant support of many others.

Mali and Angola remain with a point in the Group A, in expectation of the clash between others two selections that shape the group: Malawi and Algeria.

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