Police FC eye for away win against Vita Club Mokanda

Selected fixtures Today Vita Club Mokanda vs Police FC 3:30pmAtletico Olympic vs C.F. MounanaSC Villa vs JKU SC 4pmBidvest Wits vs Azam 6pm Police Football Club will be seeking to win the first leg when the Rwandan side takes on Vita Club Mokanda of Congo Brazzaville in CAF Confederation Cup first round on Saturday at Stade Municipal in Pointe-Noire. Head coach Andre Cassa Mbungo knows the Congolese side will provide a tougher test than Atlabara FC (South Sudan) in the previous round, but says he wants his team to show what they are capable of. “We have set our target winning the game, and our mission is to put ourselves in good position of eliminating Vita Club Mokanda,” Mbungo said before the team departed for Pointe-Noire on Wednesday. The optimistic Mbungo added that, “Our target is to make it to the next round so we shall give our best in the first leg. It will not be easy because Vita Club Mokanda are a very good side, but we shall 100 per cent.” “Because this is an away match, the best way is to play attacking football but with caution, which means when we lose the ball, we must defend well to avoid conceding goals,” he explained. The return leg will be played at Kigali Regional Stadium next weekend and the winner over the two legs will face the winner between Angola’s Sagrada Esperança and Mozambique’s Liga Desportiva de Maputo in the second round. Mbungo was hired by Police for his exploits in the 2014 edition of the competition when he inspired AS Kigali to the second round after seeing off Burundian side Academie Tchite 2-1 in the preliminary round and Al Ahly Shendi of Sudan 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw on aggregate. The Rwandan side went on to face Morocco’s Difaâ El Jadidi in the second round. AS Kigali won the first leg at home 1-0 before losing the return leg 3-0 hence exiting the competition 3-1 on aggregate. Police FC booked their place in the first qualification round following their 4-3 aggregate win over South Sudanese side Atlabara in the preliminary round while Vita Club Mokanda ejected Nigeria’s Akwa United on 6-5 on post-match penalties following a 1-all draw over the two legs. This is the first time Police have managed to reach the first round of the CAF Confederation Cup after their debut in 2013 when they were eliminated by LLB Academie of Burundi at the first hurdle 2-1 on aggregate. editorial@newtimes.co.rw

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Police FC eye for away win against Vita Club Mokanda