{"id":53200,"date":"2023-09-22T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/caf-confederation-cup-rayon-coach-optimistic-team-will-advance-to-group-stages"},"modified":"2023-09-22T17:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:24:44","slug":"caf-confederation-cup-rayon-coach-optimistic-team-will-advance-to-group-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/caf-confederation-cup-rayon-coach-optimistic-team-will-advance-to-group-stages","title":{"rendered":"CAF Confederation Cup: Rayon coach optimistic team will advance to group stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Peter Kamasa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Head coach Yamen Zalfani is optimistic that his team will eventually qualify and feature in the group stage of CAF Confederation Cup after the CAF Confederation Cup second round first leg encounter against Al Hilal Benghazi.<\/p>\n<p>The teams play the first leg on Sunday, September 24, and the second leg on September 30 at Kigali Pele Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisian tactician Yamen Zalfani is seeking to produce an encouraging game against Al Hilal Benghazi in their away CAF Confederation Cup\u2019s second preliminary round first-leg matches.<\/p>\n<p>Yamen Zalfani said he will field a good squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to prepare a new strategy to play at home and as you know, I like my team to play in the opponent\u2019s field&#8230;I do not like to play behind,\u201d said Yamen Zalfani.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on their preparations for the upcoming clash, he said Rayon Sports\u2019 goal is to triumph and knock out the Libyan side, and repeat what they did in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI think we have a good chance to qualify. 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Head coach Yamen Zalfani is optimistic that his team will eventually qualify and feature in the group stage of CAF Confederation Cup after the CAF Confederation Cup second round first leg encounter against Al Hilal Benghazi. 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