The historic moment was made on a very wet Thursday afternoon with the rain pouring heavily on the artificial turf of the Kigali Regional Stadium in Nyamirambo. But despite the depressing weather, diehard Rayon Sports FC fans were singing and cheering for their team.
In the first ten minutes of the match, Eric Rutangwa tried to sweep the ball past Young Africans custodian for the opening goal, but was stopped by Young Africans’ Haiji Shaibu.
Caleb Bonfils Bimenyimana was the one who swept the ball past the custodian for the opening goal, exactly on the 19th minute.
As the match closed on a 1-0 at half time, Young Africans came back battling for an equalizer, but to no avail as Rayon Sports’ players stayed with the ball.
Lucky enough for the Blues, last minute efforts by the visitors to get an equaliser bore no fruit as Rayon Sports who played with a handful players, broke into jubilation after the final whistle.
The win took Rayon Sports’ count to nine points, placing it just behind USM Alger, which won 2-1 in another tie against Kenyan Gor Mahia. The team will wait for their quarter-final opponents on Monday, September 3.
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{{Photos: Moses Niyonzima }}
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