The Angolan Football Federation (FAF) has confirmed that the top-flight match between 1º de Agosto and Progresso do Sambizanga set for Saturday has been postponed due to the latter’s African commitments.

D ‘Agosto will face Zimbabwean side FC Platinum this weekend in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League and are thus unavailable to take on Sambizanga at the Estadio 11 de Novembro Stadium.

Zoran Manojlović’s men are clear of health in the dressing room and are ready to face the Harare based outfit on Saturday as they look to begin their journey in African football with a positive start.

As such, this weekend’s league fixture has been postponed. Not playing the match could come as a minor blow for Sambizanga in terms of losing positive momentum after they picked up two wins in their preparation for Girabola’s new season.

In another development, Angolan Federation and Girabola participating clubs agreed on Thursday last week to shorten up the 2018 championship duration making it end in August instead of October as it was before.

The federation further explained this is accordance to the administration plans to have the next edition of Girabola start in the month of November. FAF has scraped this seasons domestic Cup and Super Cup.

Saturday Fixtures of the first round of Girabola:
Recreativo do Libolo vs 1º de Maio
JGM vs Bravos do Maquis
Sporting de Cabinda vs Académica do Lobito
Recreativo da Caála vs Kabuscorp do Palanca
Desportivo da Huila vs Interclube
1º de Agosto vs Progresso do Sambizanga (postponed)
Petro de Luanda vs Cuando Cubango FC (postponed).