Bank offers Angola scorers $5,000 a goal at World Cup

LUANDA, May 19 (Reuters) Angola's Banco Internacional de Credito (BIC) has promised to give 5,000 dollars to every national team player who scores at the World Cup, state-owned newspaper Jornal de Angola reported today.

The bank's president, Fernando Teles, also said he would offer 5,000 dollars to the best Angola player in each of their Group D matches against Portugal, Mexico and Iran.

The Angola squad, known as the 'Palancas Negras', left on Friday for Germany, where they will play in their first World Cup finals next month.

Tens of thousands of fans, clad in Angola shirts or special World Cup t-shirts, brought the streets to a standstill on Thursday evening as the players paraded through the capital.

The 23-man squad then enjoyed a gala dinner for more than 2,000 people at the new Coqueiros stadium.

The incentives offered by BIC include 50,000 dollars to be shared among the players and technical team for every win in Germany plus a further 50,000 dollars if Angola get beyond the group stage.

Angola face former colonial power Portugal in their opening group game on June 11 in Cologne.

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