LIMBE,
Cameroon
The Amavubi of Rwanda have stormed the quarter final stage at the on-going Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2020 after a hard fought 3-2 win against Togo on Tuesday night as Morocco secure the quarter-finals place beating Uganda 5-2 in Douala.
Coach Vincent Mashami’s team fought their
hearts out to win the Group C match played at the Limbe Omnisport Stadium and
finish second in the Group with 5 points behind Morocco with 7 points.
The match started at a low tempo before
Rwanda’s skipper Jacques Tuyisenge put to waste a good scoring opportunity
after 19 minutes when he blasted out from close range.
Togo also had Kokouvi Amekoudi miss the target.
After 38 minutes of play skipper Yendoutie Nane gave Togo the lead after
finishing off a well taken Ismail Ouro-Agoro cross.
But Rwanda quickly regrouped and attacked in
numbers before Olivier Niyonzima nodded in Emery Bayisenge’s well taken free
kick at the stroke of half time to make it 1-1.
In the second half poor defending cost Rwanda
again when Bilal Akoro was given space to slide in past goalkeeper Olivier
Kwizera to make it 2-1 for Togo.
But the 2016 quarter finalists Rwanda fought
back before skipper Tuyisenge nodded in past the Togo goalkeeper Abdoul
Moubarak Aigba after 60 minutes.
Later Ernest Sugira who replaced Dominique
Savio Nshuti in the second half made it 3-2 for Rwanda after 66 minutes when he
dribbled past two defenders and slotted the ball in the net.
It was pressure in the remaining quarter of the
game as the two teams continued creating several scoring opportunities. Kparo
Jarry Ahoro had his shot from close range blocked, while Rwanda’s Martin
Fabrice Twizerimana also had his effort stopped.
Rwanda will now wait to play Group D's top team
in the last quarter final match on January 31st at the Limbe Omnisport Stadium.
Title title holders Morocco
reached the quarter-finals of the TOTAL African Nations Championship (CHAN)
when beating Uganda 5-2 in Douala on Tuesday.
A second-half revival by the Atlas Lions secured their emphatic victory at the Stade de la Réunification to ensure they finish top of Group C.
The result means the Cranes crash out of the
competition as they finish top of the group with just one point after three
matches in the group.
Two goals by Soufiane Rahimi and further
strikes by Ayoub El Kaabi, Hamza El Moussaoui, and an own goal by goalkeeper
Charles Lukwago steered the Atlas Lions to the victory.
Midfielders Ibrahim Orit and Saidi Kyeyune
scored for the Ugandans but their efforts were not enough to prevent them from
the heavy defeat.
The Altas Lions will play the second-placed team in Group D in the quarter-finals to be played at the the Stade de la Réunification in Douala on Sunday.
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