The Angola international is the first African footballer to win South America's premier continental club competition. Lifting the trophy itself may have been an "incredible feeling", but Bastos ...

Amid Botafogo's bus parade through the streets of Rio de Janeiro to mark their first ever Copa Libertadores title, defender Bastos was also able to reflect on a separate piece of history.

Thank you for your support.""This brings a lot of prestige for him, Angolan football and the Palancas Negras ," Joao Lusevikueno, a former vice-president of the country's football federation, told BBC ...

Thank you for your support.""This brings a lot of prestige for him, Angolan football and the Palancas Negras ," Joao Lusevikueno, a former vice-president of the country's football federation, told BBC ...

It was a morale boosting result, but it came at a cost. One centre-back, Angola international Bastos, picked up an injury that forced him out of the Libertadores final. There would be other tired ...