{"id":112228,"date":"2025-10-05T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:58:23","slug":"rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot","title":{"rendered":"Rohr Aims for Victory in Kigali for World Cup Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Benin head coach Gernot Rohr has said their number one target is to win in Kigali against Rwanda as race for ticket to the 2026 World Cup reaches a crucial stage.<\/p>\n<p>Benin face Amavubi at Amahoro Stadium on October 10 before traveling to Uyo for the final qualifying match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Abidjan on October 14.<\/p>\n<p>Rohr\u2019s side sits top of Group C with 14 points and are only ahead of second-placed South Africa by goal difference after the latter were docked three points and three goals for fielding an ineligible player.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to their trip to Kigali, Rohr said, \u201cOur priority is to win our match in Rwanda before thinking of something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to achieve that. Regardless of the results of other matches, we can keep our fate in our own hands. And that\u2019s a real advantage.\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>He said he expects his team to play \u201clike true cheetahs\u201d to achieve this target.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rwanda, who are also level on 11 points with Nigeria, will won\u2019t take the match lightly as a win would put the World Cup 2026 qualifier down the wire until the last match.<\/p>\n<p>Beating Benin would put them among real contenders for World Cup qualification before their trip to South Africa for the last qualifier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Benin head coach Gernot Rohr has said their number one target is to win in Kigali against Rwanda as race for ticket to the 2026 World Cup reaches a crucial stage. Benin face Amavubi at Amahoro Stadium on October 10 before traveling to Uyo for the final qualifying match against the Super [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[5971,5901,777,758],"class_list":["post-112228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-amahoro-stadium","tag-benin","tag-kigali","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rohr Aims for Victory in Kigali for World Cup Spot - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benin head coach Gernot Rohr has said their number one target is to win in Kigali against Rwanda as race for ticket to t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rohr Aims for Victory in Kigali for World Cup Spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benin head coach Gernot Rohr has said their number one target is to win in Kigali against Rwanda as race for ticket to t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-05T15:24:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-05T15:58:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1759667247.901188.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"561\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rohr Aims for Victory in Kigali for World Cup Spot\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-05T15:24:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-05T15:58:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1759667247.901188.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Amahoro Stadium\",\"Benin\",\"Kigali\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rohr-aims-for-victory-in-kigali-for-world-cup-spot\",\"name\":\"Rohr Aims for Victory in Kigali for World Cup Spot - 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