By: Marcel Nzabamwita
Sellas Tetteh, the coach of the national football team has released a list of the players who have been pre-selected to clash against Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations qualifier.
From the pre-selected team, 18 players will be chosen to officially represent Rwanda in the game scheduled to take place on September 3rd at Amahoro Stadium.
The team includes 7 international players and four players from the Under 17 team which recently represented Rwanda in the U-17 World Cup in Mexico.
The selected team is expected to join camp this Sunday August 7, and to start training the following day in preparation for the game against Ivory Coast whose stakes are high since they will determine the future for Rwanda in the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
The tournament will be hosted by both Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
Rwanda, alongside Ivory Coast, Benin and Burundi are all in Group H of the qualifiers and Ivory Coast leads the group with 12 Points, followed by Burundi and Benin which both have 4 points.
Although Burundi is placed second on goal difference, Rwanda, at the bottom of the group, have 3 points and to qualify, Amavubi have to win the next game against Ivory Coast while Burundi draws with Benin.
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