Rwanda’s friendly match against the Nigeria U23 football team scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at Amahoro Stadium has been cancelled following financial constraints on the West African nation’s side.
The Dream Team had earlier requested to stop over in Kigali for a challenge before they take on Congo Brazzaville in the CAF U-23 Championship/Rio 2016 Olympic Games return leg qualifier set for August 2 in Brazzaville.
“Nigeria approached us about two weeks ago to play our U-23 side but we went back to them and said, look we have no U-23 games coming up so we can only feature our CHAN team and they agreed. However, a logistical problem on their side has forced them to withdraw from the encounter and they have apologized for it,” explained Johnny McKinstry, head coach of Amavubi.
Meanwhile, the Amavubi locally based players who have been in residential camp since Sunday evening underwent a high performance fitness test yesterday under the close eye of McKinstry and his assistants Emmanuel Ruremesha and former Amavubi legend Jimmy Mulisa.