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Who Are Sagrada Esperança?

Who Are Sagrada Esperança?

Ajax Cape Town take on Angolan outfit, Sagrada Esperança, in their first 2016 CAF Confederation Cup game this weekend, but who are their opponents?

Read: Ajax Name CAF Squad

Esperança, who only finished 10th in Angola's top-flight last year, made it into the CCC by default after the team that beat them in the Taça de Angola final for a place in the competition pulled out due to a lack of funds.

While it is the Angolan's first venture into the CCC, they have previously played in the CAF Champions League on two occasions, reaching the first round in 2005 and the preliminary round in 2006.

Now, after nearly a decade without playing continental football, the club will be hoping to make it past the first hurdle when they take on the Urban Warriors in Dundo.

Esperança are unbeaten in their last eight league games, however only managed to win four of those games, and they lost six of the eight games prior to that.

With Ajax having registered a strong squad for the tournament, Roger de Sa will be hoping that, with his experience in the CCL with Pirates, they can get half of the job done in Angola this weekend.

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