{"id":84979,"date":"2024-09-19T14:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/pyramids-v-apr-novic-hoping-for-better-result-than-2023-humiliation"},"modified":"2024-09-19T15:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:14:23","slug":"pyramids-v-apr-novic-hoping-for-better-result-than-2023-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/pyramids-v-apr-novic-hoping-for-better-result-than-2023-humiliation","title":{"rendered":"Pyramids v APR: Novic hoping for \u2018better result\u2019 than 2023 humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>APR head coach Darko Novic insists his side is aiming for a better away outcome against Pyramids than last season when the pair face off at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo in the second leg of the 2024\/25 CAF Champions League second round on Saturday, September 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwanda champions were thumped 6-1 by the Egyptians at the same venue in the same stage of the competition on September 29, 2023 but Novic fired a warning to the home side that it will be a different story.<\/p>\n<p>The first leg in Kigali ended 1-1 and Novic is convinced that all is not lost and remains confident that his charges can pull a major upset away from home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pyramids is one of the best teams in the North African region. Last season, the result against them wasn&#8217;t good but this season we are aiming to do something better,\u201d Novic told the press on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Expectations are high from Rwandans and everybody. We hope to go all out. I think we have a good team and we can do well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More often, the climate in North Africa has been a worry to most of the teams who go there. However, Novic maintains that the current weather in Egypt is good and that won&#8217;t be an excuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe weather in the Mediterranean Sea is conducive and it will not have effects on us because we have experienced this kind of weather before,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>APR are chasing their first appearance in the CAF Champions League Group stage. Their best performance on continental club level was in the 2003\/2004 season when they reached the semifinals of the erstwhile CAF Cup Winners Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Rwanda Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. APR head coach Darko Novic insists his side is aiming for a better away outcome against Pyramids than last season when the pair face off at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo in the second leg of the 2024\/25 CAF Champions League second round on Saturday, September 21. 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