{"id":58384,"date":"2023-11-19T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T16:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/tau-anticipates-tough-test-against-rwanda"},"modified":"2023-11-19T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T16:13:54","slug":"tau-anticipates-tough-test-against-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tau-anticipates-tough-test-against-rwanda","title":{"rendered":"Tau anticipates tough test against Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Bafana Bafana star man Percy Tau is aware of the tough task awaiting his side when they face Rwanda in Tuesday\u2019s 2026 World Cup Group C qualifier at Huye Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tau was on target as South Africa beat Benin 2-1 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday but the Al Ahly forward remains concerned that Amavubi will be a hard nut to crack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We go to Rwanda, but we must be cautious, although we will still be confident,&#8221; Tau told the media in a post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know it is going to be difficult in Rwanda, but we will do our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s victory saw South Africa lead the charge in Group C while Rwanda, who settled for a goalless draw with Zimbabwe on November 15, are joint second alongside Nigeria and Lesotho who played out a 1-1 draw on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time South Africa and Rwanda are going to play at senior football level.<\/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. Bafana Bafana star man Percy Tau is aware of the tough task awaiting his side when they face Rwanda in Tuesday\u2019s 2026 World Cup Group C qualifier at Huye Stadium. Tau was on target as South Africa beat Benin 2-1 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday but the Al Ahly forward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-58384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","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>Tau anticipates tough test against Rwanda - Rwanda<\/title>\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\/all-news\/tau-anticipates-tough-test-against-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tau anticipates tough test against Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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