Amavubi have promised to give their all for the Libya match

The captain of the national team 'Amavubi', Bizimana Djihad, asked Rwandans to attend the match between Rwanda and Libya on Thursday in search of a ticket for CAN 2025, assuring that as players they are ready and will give everything to win.

Rwanda will host Libya in the fifth Group D match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers to be held in Morocco, which will be held at the Amahoro Stadium on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. the evening.

It is a game that Tigers need to win in order to increase their chances of playing in the African Cup of Nations last time in 2004, since after that there will be one game left for the National Team to host Nigeria on November 18.

The Wolves captain, Bizimana Djihad, told Rwanda Television that he and his teammates are well prepared and the goal is to win again on Thursday.

He said, “It is a game that we are well prepared for, we are preparing for it like any other because when we are preparing for a game, we always want to win. I would say that the players were ready, most of them would play in their teams, I think that most of us usually do, the coach is shared, I feel that in general the team is ready to get three points on Thursday."

When asked how they would prepare for the next Nigeria game, the Tigers captain said that the first thing is to watch the Libya game because that is the key to knowing what they will be striving for.

He said, “It is step by step, we are ready for Thursday's game which will put us in that spirit of saying we are going to CAN because in Thursday's game, no one wants it, but if it doesn't go well it will be over. So now we are focused on Thursday's game, to get three points, we know that it is Nigeria that will be next, but now it is Libya."

Rwanda is third in Group D with five points, behind Nigeria with 10 points and Benin with six while Libya is last with one point.

This means that while Tigers beat Libya, Nigeria beat Benin in Côte d'Ivoire, the National Team will finish in second place on Thursday and then playing in the Africa Cup of Nations will be possible, but it requires strengthening in the Nigerian game because the two teams of first he will continue.

Bizimana Djihad asked Rwandans to participate in large numbers, to be behind the National Team that wants to repeat the history of returning to the African Cup after 20 years.

He said, “What we are asking you is to come and support us on Thursday in large numbers because I would say that this is the last home game we have in this CAN 2025 ticket search, I feel that it is also our chance to help us go to the African Cup. I would like them to come in large numbers and support us. We as players are ready, we will give our best, we will give our best to win on Thursday."

The Assistant Coach of the National Team, Rwasamanzi Yves, also emphasized that the players are ready to give themselves up in order to win against Libya, saying that it depends on the fact that it is a team that has gotten used to playing for a long time.

He said, “The players are ready to give themselves 100% to bring happiness to Rwandans. It's a familiar team because they started with Coach Antoine Hey, then came Mashami and Carlos, it's a very familiar team."

On Tuesday, Amawubi coach, Frank Spittler Torsten, trained with all the players he called up, including 13 who play outside of Rwanda.

Central defender, Niyigena Clément, was not allowed to play in the Libya game because of two yellow cards he received in two games against Benin in October.