Rwanda : TARDY NAMES STRONG SQUAD AHEAD OF MALI CLASH

The Rwanda U-20 national football team jets off this Wednesday the 8^th August 2012 for Mali for the second leg of the U-20 AFCON qualifier that is slated for 12^th August the same month. Coach Richard Tardy has named the 18-man squad that will leave for the vital clash.

 

In the first leg that was played in Kigali, Rwanda narrowly beat Mali 2-1, and a win or a draw of any sort will see the junior wasps heading into the last preliminary round. The aggregate winner of the clash will face either Lesotho or Zambia.

 

And coach Tardy remains optimistic that the team will pull an impressive performance despite playing away. Of notable absence from the squad are Nirisarike Salomon and Usengimana Faustin. Nirisarike has been denied permission to join his national side by Belgian outfit Antewerp, while Usengimana is struggling with an injury which he sustained in the first leg.

 

Full squad:

1. Olivier Kwizera

2. Steven Ntalibi

3. Michel Rusheshangoga

4. Francois Hakizimana

5. Tibingana Charles Mwesigye

6. Bonny Bayingana

7. Tumaine Ntamuhanga

8. Patrick Sibomana

9. Patrick Umwungeli

10. Emmanuel Sebanani

11. Eric Nsabimana

12. Emery Bayisenge

13. Robert Ndatimana

14. Bonfils Kabanda

15. Jean Marie Rusingizandekwe

16. Hamdan Bariyanga

17. Jean d’Amour Uwimana

18. Julius Bakkaburindi.