The Portuguese coach noted the absence of the Libyan striker from Al Ahly Tripoli, due to back complaints, guaranteeing his availability for the game against Sudan, on Monday.
In his place, Pedro Gonçalves called Domingos Andrade.
Angola, which is already classified for CAN2025, with 12 points, faces its counterpart Ghana, in Luanda, this Friday, and, three days later, travels to the city of Benghazi, in Libya, to face Sudan, in land loaned by the Sudanese, in games in the fifth and sixth rounds of Group F.
CAN will be played between December 21, 2025 and January 18, 2026, in Morocco.
