Only twice before at a Nations Cup. Long time suffering from the civil war but with a little petrol money backing football.
Clubs: not top but decent performers in Africa
Squad: Mixed. Homebased, Portugal based (Angola is former Portuguese colony), Arabia based
Coach: Angolan.
Angola play composed attacking football with combinatory skills. Individual players do not stand out with solos etc, rather because they are at the right place at the right time, like prominent striker Fabrice Akwa, their goal guarantuee.
Reaction to bad results does not seem to be as hysterical as they can be expected elsewhere, but this can also be a wrong impression through the language barrier of the rarely internationally read media in Portuguese.
Angola will unlikely disappoint but as unlikely go all the way as their football is not as unpredictable as the Congolese f.e.
Stars: besides Akwa, Mantorras can be mentioned, once one of the greater talents of African football, but thrown back through nagging knee injuries.