{"id":95794,"date":"2025-02-12T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:51:18","slug":"peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro","title":{"rendered":"Peace Cup: APR face Musanze as Rayon Sports take on Rutsiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Round of 16 fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Rutsiro vs Rayon Sports<\/p>\n<p>Musanze vs APR<\/p>\n<p>Amagaju vs Bugesera<\/p>\n<p>City Boys vs Gorilla<\/p>\n<p>AS Muhanga vs Gasogi United<\/p>\n<p>Nyanza v Police<\/p>\n<p>APR visit Musanze FC at Ubworoherane Stadium on Wednesday, February 12, hoping to win the first leg of the round of 16 of the Peace Cup 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Odds are high for APR who have won the trophy a record 13 times compared to Sosthen Habimana\u2019s Musanze who have never won the tournament which rewards the winner an automatic ticket to the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Peace Cup matches are always unpredictable and we anticipate a tough encounter because Musanze FC are a very good team, but we always hungry for silverware,\u201d said APR defender Yunusu Nshimiyimana<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the chance to prove that we are good side and make our fans happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nshimiyimana said that confidence is high among players in the dressing room but they must knock Musanze FC no matter how tough they may be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are capable of winning any game and the target is absolutely winning every game ahead of us. Everyone in team is ready to give 100% for the game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>APR FC will play this match without Arsene Tuyisenge, Alain &#8216;Bacca&#8217; Kwitonda and Victor Mbaoma, who are preparing to return to the field after a few days on the sidelines through.<\/p>\n<p>During the Peace Cup 2024, APR FC were eliminated by Gasogi United on penalties 4-3 in the quarter-finals, after the pair played a goalless draw across two legs.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Rayon Sports also travel to Rubavu for their away match against Rutsiro FC.<\/p>\n<p>Amagaju take on Bugesera, City Boys face Gorilla while AS Muhanga will be up against Gasogi United.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Mukura beat Intare 1-0 in Huye while AS Kigali overcame Vision FC 2-0 at Kigali Pele Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Round of 16 fixtures Rutsiro vs Rayon Sports Musanze vs APR Amagaju vs Bugesera City Boys vs Gorilla AS Muhanga vs Gasogi United Nyanza v Police APR visit Musanze FC at Ubworoherane Stadium on Wednesday, February 12, hoping to win the first leg of the round of 16 of the Peace Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[758],"class_list":["post-95794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","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>Peace Cup: APR face Musanze as Rayon Sports take on Rutsiro - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Round of 16 fixtures Rutsiro vs Rayon Sports Musanze vs APR Amagaju vs Bugesera City Boys vs Gorilla AS Muhanga vs ...\" \/>\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\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peace Cup: APR face Musanze as Rayon Sports take on Rutsiro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Round of 16 fixtures Rutsiro vs Rayon Sports Musanze vs APR Amagaju vs Bugesera City Boys vs Gorilla AS Muhanga vs ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T14:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-11T13:51:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/02\/sm_1739358717.512191.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"743\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Peace Cup: APR face Musanze as Rayon Sports take on Rutsiro\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-12T14:33:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-11T13:51:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/02\/sm_1739358717.512191.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/peace-cup-apr-face-musanze-as-rayon-sports-take-on-rutsiro\",\"name\":\"Peace Cup: APR face Musanze as Rayon Sports take on Rutsiro - 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