Akwa wants concentration
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ByEurosport
Published 06/06/2006 at 07:10 GMT
Angola must concentrate more and make fewer mistakes if they want to put on a good display when the World Cup finals start on Friday, team captain Fabrice Akwa said on Monday.
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Akwa said the fact that they had now lost all three of their pre-tournament friendlies had not demoralised the squad. They had just lost 1-0 to the USA.
Angola have also lost 3-2 to Turkey and 2-0 to Argentina and went out at the group stages of the African Nations Cup in February.
"We played well today, even though we didn't score," he said. "We now have six days until our big game. Now we have to concentrate.
"We're making mistakes, especially in defence, and we have to stop this. Each time we make a mistake, the other team are scoring."
Akwa said the side should pay more attention to the instructions of coach Oliveira Goncalves.
"I was a little bit disappointed in the match against Turkey. We played well in the first half but in the second half we fell down and we didn't do what the coach asked us to do," he said.
"But I have confidence and belief that we will do a good job. We are in a difficult group but we are training hard and we will have chances if we don't make mistakes," he added.
Angola face former occupiers Portugal in their opening Group D game on June 11th, followed by games against Mexico and Iran.
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