Rwanda National Team 'AMAVUBI' will play their third game in Group F of the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2021 on Thursday November 12th 2020 with the game getting underway at 3.00 pm GMT, in Praia/Cape, at Estádio Nacional 'Blue Shark' Cabo Verde.
Rwanda seats bottom of Group F having fallen short in the two previous meetings against Mozambique and Cape Verde. However, Cape Verde seats third of the group with two points after drawing with Cameroon and Mozambique.
Rwanda National Team Head Coach Vincent Mashami eyes a tough contest between the two sides 'We know the kind of opponent we are playing, we will have to be very cautious since this game gives us a chance to overtake them with victory in Praia, it's a very tough task at hand considering most of our players have not played a single competitive game in over 7 months but we'll give it our best shot.'
In a bid to qualify for AFCON 2021, Mashami has named a final list made of 23 players namely NDAYISHIMIYE Eric, KWIZERA Olivier, KIMENYI Yves,RWATUBYAYE Abdoul, MUTSINZI Ange Jimmy, MANZI Thierry, OMBORENGA Fitina, IMANISHIMWE Emmanuel, RUSHESHANGOGA Michel, RUTANGA Eric, NSABIMANA Aimable, MUHIRE Kevin, NIYONZIMA Haruna, RUBANGUKA Steve, BIZIMANA Djihad, MUKUNZI Yannick, NIYONZIMA Ally, MANISHIMWE Djabel, KAGERE Meddie, TUYISENGE Jacques, HAKIZIMANA Muhadjir, NSHUTI Dominic Savio and IYABIVUZE Osée
Rwanda will fly to Praia on Monday 9th at 7.00 AM via a Rwandair Chartered flight. Djihada Bizimana and Yannick Mukunzi will link up with the squad in Praia.
After Thursday's game, Amavubi will immediately turn focus to the return qualifying game against the same opponent Tuesday November 17 3.00 PM Local time at Kigali Stadium at Kigali Stadium on.
