“It's a great stimulus, which we then obviously want to make the most of in achieving the classification objectives we have", said Pedro Gomçalves, shortly after the country's president announced this Thursday the holding of the meeting, as part of the independence celebrations, which will be celebrated in November next year.
The 'palancas Negras', guided by the Portuguese coach, guaranteed their presence in the 2025 African Cup of Nations (CAN) without any defeat in the qualifying phase, nine months after reaching the quarter-finals, the best classification of all time, in the last edition of the African competition, played in Côte d'Ivoire.