Monday, July 27
Group A Fixtures
Gor Mahia vs Vipers SC – 15:00
Garde Républicaine vs APR FC – 18:00
Venue: Kigali Pelé Stadium
APR FC will likely be seeking to put their disastrous begin to the CECAFA Kagame Cup behind them once they face Djibouti’s Garde Républicaine in an important Group A conflict on Monday at Kigali Pelé Stadium.
The Rwandan champions suffered one in every of their heaviest defeats lately of their opening match, falling to a shock 5-0 loss towards Kenyan giants Gor Mahia.
The end result left followers and former gamers annoyedand elevated stress on head coach Taleb Abderrahim and his gamers to ship a direct response.
Regardless of the setback, APR captain Djibril Ouattara insists the group has moved on from the defeat and is totally centered on getting its marketing campaign again on monitor.
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“We’re prepared for the sport and we wish to carry again the enjoyment to the followers,” Ouattara mentioned.
The striker admitted that the defeat to Gor Mahia was troublesome to just accept however believes the gamers have discovered from their errors and are decided to reply positively.
With their qualification hopes hanging within the stability, Monday’s conflict might show decisive for the house facet. Ouattara insists APR nonetheless has “all the things to play for.”
A victory wouldn’t solely revive their CECAFA Kagame Cup marketing campaign but in addition restore confidence following the heavy defeat to Gor Mahia.
APR know that something lower than a win might severely harm their possibilities of progressing to the knockout stage, making Monday’s encounter a must-win fixture.
Coach Taleb has additionally promised an improved efficiency after the humiliating opening defeat, saying his group has labored arduous to handle the errors that proved expensive towards Gor Mahia.
Standing within the Rwandan champions’ means are Garde Républicaine, who’re equally determined to bounce again after opening their marketing campaign with a 3-0 defeat to Uganda’s Vipers SC.
The Djiboutian facet struggled to comprise the Ugandan champions and now face one other troublesome problem towards an APR group decided to revive delight.
With each groups trying to find their first factors of the match, an intense and aggressive contest is predicted at Kigali Pelé Stadium.
