{"id":57132,"date":"2023-11-06T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/mubiru-reflects-on-breaking-his-goal-drought"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:01:09","slug":"mubiru-reflects-on-breaking-his-goal-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mubiru-reflects-on-breaking-his-goal-drought","title":{"rendered":"Mubiru reflects on breaking his goal drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Edmund Okai Gyimah<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Sunrise FC striker Yafesi Mubiru is in jubilant mood after his match winner against AS Kigali brought his eight-game goal drought to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Muburi finished second in the Rwanda Primus National League top scoring charts last season but he had a poor start to the new season, failing to find the back of the net in eight games before he scored what proved to be a match winner in the 81st minute as Sunrise beat AS Kigali 1-0 on Sunday at Kigali Pele Stadium.<\/p>\n<p> While the goal handed Sunrise their first win in five matches, it also opened the flood gates for the striker who is looking forward to regaining his goalscoring form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had not been a perfect start for me but I finally scored and I am happy the goal gave us the three points,&#8221; he told Times Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a feeling that it opened doors for to score more goals just as I did last season,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Ugandan forward admits that AS Kigali was not easy to beat but his team remained ambitious to win the game because but they \u201cneeded the three points so badly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Away games against a team like AS Kigali is always tough. We needed to win the game at all cost and we fought hard to achieve it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>New head coach Jackson Mayanja now has a tough task to bring Sunrise FC back to their top form during the international break before they return to action in two weeks\u2019 time.<\/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>Edmund Okai Gyimah Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Sunrise FC striker Yafesi Mubiru is in jubilant mood after his match winner against AS Kigali brought his eight-game goal drought to an end. 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