Costa do Sol falls before the Incomati of Xinavane

The biggest title holder of the Mozambique Cup fell at the feet of Incomáti de Xinavane, with a solitary goal by Rodrigues in the 88th minute of the round of 16 match that took place at Matchiki-tchiki last Sunday, May 4th.

Banciro Candé's team started the game well, assuming the favoritism to win the game and continue on course in the fight for the trophy, however, they faced Daniel Nhampossa's team who knew how to suffer and scored the winning goal with two minutes left in regular time.

In another game between giants, Daúde Razaque's União Desportiva do Songo beat Akil Marcelino's Ferroviário da Beira 2-1, Locomotivas do Chiveve opened the scoring after 38 minutes, Karim scored, Macaime restored parity and in extra time, Ifren scored the winning goal in the 90+19th minute of the game.

Tricolores opt for minimum services to keep Matolenses away

Maxaquene defeated Desportivo da Matola in the round of 16 of the Mozambique Cup, which took place at field no.°2 of the Tchumene Sports Complex, last Saturday, May 3rd.

The team led by mister Lalas came out strong and completely dominated the first half of the game, being very wasteful, wasting several opportunities that they had created during this stage of the game. On the other hand, Hilário Manjante's team reacted, however, without causing any shudders to their opponent, despite being a team that was promoted to the Moçambola having played against an opponent from the second division.

In the second half, it was Maxaquene who once again created the most goal opportunities, managing to score in the 63rd minute through Kino. After the goal, the Matola players reacted but were unsuccessful, failing to harm their opponents, ending the game with a score of 1-0, thus falling to the ground.

With the victory, Maxaquene will face Black Bulls, who went to the province of Gaza to defeat the local railroad team by a significant margin.ands balls without response with a brace from Clésio and a goal from Ejaita at the last minute. In another game, Textáfrica from Chimoio beat Chingale from Tete by two to zero with goals from Kélvio and Fernandinho.

The holder of the Mozambique Cup title went to Maxixe to defeat Associação Desportiva de Vilankulo. It was necessary to go to penalties for the team led by Mister Carlos Manuel to eliminate Antero Cambaco's team after a goalless draw in regular time and extra time. The game ended with an aggregate score of 2-4, with the Locomotives from the capital advancing.

Mussá Osman removes Locomotive from Lichinga

In the north zone, Desportivo de Pemba defeated Clube Ferroviário de Lichinga, by five to four (5-4), on penalties, after a goalless draw (0-0) in regular time and extra time.

The coach of the Alvi-negros from the third largest bay in the world, Mussá Osman, said: “We prepared the team in the defensive aspects and in the transitions, we did very well. We had more opportunities than the opponent, but we lacked concentration”.

The helmsman of the Locomotiva from the coldest city in the country, Antoninho Muchanga, said that “it is only regrettable, my team was unable to convert the few opportunities we had and we let the opponent grow. We tried to play against everything and everyone, it was difficult. This is football”, he said.

Desportivo de Pemba will play against Desportivo de Nacala. The black and whites from the port city of Nacala beat Clube Ferroviário de Nampula by the smallest of margins (1-0).

Thus, in the quarter-finals, Maxaquene will face Black Bulls, Incomáti from Xinavane will face Ferroviário from Maputo, União Desportiva do Songo will face Textáfrica from Chimoio, while Desportivo de Pemba will face Desportivo from the port city of Nacala.