{"id":49886,"date":"2024-02-02T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/police-fc-beat-apr-to-win-heroes-cup\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:02:48","slug":"police-fc-beat-apr-to-win-heroes-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-fc-beat-apr-to-win-heroes-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Police FC beat APR to win Heroes Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Agblevol&#8217;s brace in the second half was enough for the law enforcers to lift the trophy in front of the fully parked stadium.<\/p>\n<p>APR FC opened the score through Nshimiyimana Yunusu&#8217;s header in the 13th minute but the law enforcers&#8217; defense had a hard task to contain serial attacks from APR wings, to prevent further leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Police had its double efforts denied by the APR goalkeeper, Nzila Pavelh on the stroke of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Agblevol made no mistake, however, in the 75th minute to utilize Djibrine Akuki&#8217;s cross to nod in past Nzila to make it 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks from APR from time to time in the second half yielded no positive results. <\/p>\n<p>It was rather Agblevol&#8217;s last nail in the dying minutes of second period that put Police FC in command, after a quick through-in from Muhadjiri to midfielder Abed Bigirimana, who passed the gift of Agblevol to bury the ball inside the net, to make it 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>APR FC and Police FC eliminated Musanze and Rayon Sport in the semifinals, on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Heroes Day was celebrated under the theme \u201cHeroism among Rwandans, our Dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63234\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-224.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63233\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-226.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure 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