{"id":40086,"date":"2023-04-19T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/in-form-songa-confident-etoile-will-play-topflight-league-next-season"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:46:52","slug":"in-form-songa-confident-etoile-will-play-topflight-league-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/in-form-songa-confident-etoile-will-play-topflight-league-next-season","title":{"rendered":"In-form Songa confident Etoile will play topflight league next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Etoile de l\u2019Est\u2019s striker Isaie Songa is confident that his side will be promoted to the Rwanda Premier League this season after a humiliating 7-1 win over Intare FC in the two legs of the Second Division Playoffs quarter finals.<\/p>\n<p>The former AS Kigali and Police FC attacker has, so far, scored 11 goals this season after netting a brace over the weekend against the youth army side in Ngoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team was built to win titles and to promote to the first division,\u201d said Songa on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have shown our character from the group stages till now. We feel the big support from fans, club administration, and everyone around this team. Looking at how we performed in these past two quarter final legs against a difficult team like Intare you would see why we\u2019re the fouvarite team to qualify though we have to maintain that consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ngoma based club finished first in the second division Group A, with 44 points in 18 games, 13 points clear ahead of second placed Vision FC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is going to remember what we\u2019ve done in the groups or in the playoffs if we don\u2019t qualify for the top flight. That\u2019s why we are putting in lots of effort to prevent any disappointment at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etoile who was relegated to the second division last season after a disappointing campaign, have shown their superiority this season and are considered by many the front runners to win this year\u2019s league title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur dream is to win the league title and promotion to the first division,\u201d said Songa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Etoile de l\u2019Est\u2019s striker Isaie Songa is confident that his side will be promoted to the Rwanda Premier League this season after a humiliating 7-1 win over Intare FC in the two legs of the Second Division Playoffs quarter finals. 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