Lunda-Sul and Petro de Luanda shared the points in a goalless draw on Thursday. The match ended 0:0 in the first round of the Girabola regular season. Both sides walked away with a single point from their opening fixtures.
There were no goals to speak of. The game lacked the kind of decisive moments that usually define these encounters.
And here's the thing — Petro de Luanda had beaten Lunda-Sul 3:1 back in May. That result from the previous season made this stalemate feel like a correction of sorts. The visitors came to Luanda looking to build on their winning start, with victories against Valencia and Teruel already in the bag.
By then the table told its own story. Petro de Luanda sat third after three games with seven points from two wins and a draw. Lunda-Sul occupied tenth place with two draws and nothing else to show from their two outings.
The clean-sheet run for both sides continued, though neither team looked particularly dangerous in attack. The draw meant the points gap between the two sides remained significant, even if the match itself suggested otherwise.