{"id":97852,"date":"2025-03-13T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/wc-qualifiers-2026-lesotho-coach-anticipates-tricky-fixture-in-kigali"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:06:36","slug":"wc-qualifiers-2026-lesotho-coach-anticipates-tricky-fixture-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/wc-qualifiers-2026-lesotho-coach-anticipates-tricky-fixture-in-kigali","title":{"rendered":"WC Qualifiers 2026: Lesotho coach anticipates \u2018tricky fixture\u2019 in Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Lesotho head coach Leslie Notsi has admitted that it will be tough to overcome Rwanda when the two sides go head to head in 2026 World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday, March 25.<\/p>\n<p>Lesotho lost 1-0 at home to Rwanda in match day 4 of the qualifiers on June 11, 2024, courtesy of a 45th minute goal from Jojea Kwizera and, as the Crocodiles travel to Kigali for the return leg against the same side at Amahoro Stadium on match day 6, Notsi admits it will be a difficult encounter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rwanda are leading the group. 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Lesotho lost 1-0 at home to Rwanda in match day 4 of the qualifiers on June 11, 2024, courtesy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[7097,942,758,7098],"class_list":["post-97852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-leslie-notsi","tag-lesotho","tag-rwanda","tag-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-2"],"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>WC Qualifiers 2026: Lesotho coach anticipates \u2018tricky fixture\u2019 in Kigali - 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\/wc-qualifiers-2026-lesotho-coach-anticipates-tricky-fixture-in-kigali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WC Qualifiers 2026: Lesotho coach anticipates \u2018tricky fixture\u2019 in Kigali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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