Amavubi wins again!

Dear editor, Last Sunday’s Amavubi victory over Ethiopia was not only enough to earn us the badly needed six points from the 2010 CAN/World Cup qualifiers, but also a demonstration to Rwandans that the current side has all it takes to go all the way. Though Amavubi played in a foreign land and in one of the poorest play ground in Africa, they caused a lot of problems to the host team. It is not always easy for a visiting team to come from a goal down, equalize and continue to win with a rather impressive game. No wonder the latest Fifa rankings had predicted that Amavubi had the potential to trounce Ethiopians at home. Morocco now remains the strongest opponents in our group. But history has been repeating itself and I do not see us loosing to Morocco at home and away. We may draw in their country or lose by a small margin but trounce them in our country. I am confident the current crop of Amavubi players can repeat the team’s exploits of 2004 when we defied all odds and qualified for CAN finals at the expense of big names such as Ghana, which is after all better than Morrocco in football. The renewed morale among the fans is also something to reckon so much. Let us stay behind our team. There is no room for players and lovers of Amavubi to relax! We must keep pushing harder until we book our ticket in the world cup finals. Rwamagana

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Amavubi wins again!