{"id":48614,"date":"2023-08-07T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-commends-arsenal-s-thrilling-community-shield-2023-victory\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:41:50","slug":"president-kagame-commends-arsenal-s-thrilling-community-shield-2023-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-commends-arsenal-s-thrilling-community-shield-2023-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame commends Arsenal’s Community Shield 2023 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a rather lackluster first 70 minutes of play in the season’s opening game, Manchester City’s substitute, Cole Palmer, appeared to secure victory with a stunning strike. However, the momentum shifted when Leandro Trossard equalized in the 101st minute with a deflected shot that found the back of the net.<\/p>\n

The match was eventually decided through a dramatic penalty shootout. Kevin de Bruyne, also a substitute, saw his shot hit the crossbar, and Rodri’s attempt was saved, paving the way for Fabio Vieira to convert his shot and secure the prestigious trophy for Arsenal.<\/p>\n

For President Kagame, who is well-known for his ardent support for the North London club, this victory provided a significant psychological boost to Arsenal as they embark on their journey towards the Premier League title.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the match, President Kagame expressed his excitement and congratulated Arsenal on their “much-needed” win just before the start of the new season, which is scheduled to kick off on August 11. <\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats. #Arsenal. Shows what’s to come !! You can only LUV it !!\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n

Since 2018, Rwanda entered a tourism partnership with Arsenal, resulting in the “Visit Rwanda ” slogan being featured on the sleeves of all the Premier League club’s team jerseys. <\/p>\n

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{President Paul Kagame, a supporter of Arsenal, has praised the Premier League club for their triumph in the Community Shield 2023. Arsenal staged a late comeback to defeat Manchester City, a three-time champion, in a thrilling penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000058660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000058660,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/okay-3.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000058660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48614"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48614"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}