{"id":27070,"date":"2022-10-10T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/confederation-cup-the-battle-is-not-yet-over-as-kigali-coach-says"},"modified":"2022-10-10T14:03:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:03:01","slug":"confederation-cup-the-battle-is-not-yet-over-as-kigali-coach-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/confederation-cup-the-battle-is-not-yet-over-as-kigali-coach-says","title":{"rendered":"Confederation Cup: The battle is not yet over, AS Kigali coach says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>AS Kigali head Coach Andre Casa Mbungo still holds on to the hope that his side can make a surprise comeback to dump Al Nasr out of the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n

AS Kigali will go into the return leg after a goalless draw at Huye Stadium on Saturday. The second leg is scheduled for October 16 in Libya.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s absurd that we didn\u2019t win the tie despite putting on a good display. We played a good game and failed to score at home so we need to prepare for the return leg so that we can get away because we still have a chance of eliminating them if we can get goals and stop Al Nasr from scoring,\u201d Mbungo said.<\/p>\n

The Kigali City-sponsored club was the better side on the day but failed to translate the dominance into goals as they squandered all the chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt that we have the ability to knock Al Nasr out of the competition. I don\u2019t think we have any problem because we have reliable players who can make deference anytime,\u201d He added<\/p>\n

AS Kigali is seeking to follow in the footsteps of Rayon Sports which reached the group stages of the CAF Confederation in 2018.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Mbungo had a good run in the same competition with AS Kigali reaching the third round.<\/p>\n

The City of Kigali sponsored side advanced to the next round of the CAF Confederation Cup after defeating ASAS DJIBOUTI Telecom of Djibouti 1-0 to advance on a 1-0 aggregate score after two matches.<\/p>\n

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