Rayon knocked out of Peace Cup

SIX-TIME league champions Rayon Sport had their hopes of winning a double this season blown off following a 1-2 loss to second division outfit Bugesera in the 1/16th round of the Peace Cup against Malaria yesterday at Amahoro stadium.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tuesday

SEC     0-1     VisionMuhanga     2-1     Aspor

Wednesday

Rayon     1-2     BugeseraAS Kigali     3-1     Espoir APR FC     4-0     Kirehe

Today

Musanze     vs     Unity [Stade Mumena]Mukura     vs     Amagaju (Stade Muhanga)IIsonga     vs     Etincelles (Stade ya Kigali)SIX-TIME league champions Rayon Sport had their hopes of winning a double this season blown off following a 1-2 loss to second division outfit Bugesera in the 1/16th round of the Peace Cup against Malaria yesterday at Amahoro stadium.The giants who went into the game as favourites got a shock of the season as they went down 2-0 by half time with superb goals scored by Innocent Gasisi and Michel Ndahinduka.Even after recess, Bugesera continued to dominate the proceedings. Striker Kambale Salita snatched a consolation goal and this forced Bugesera to mount a solid defense in a bid to stop the blues from getting an equaliser.Over the weekend, Bugesera boosted their hopes of securing a promotion to the top flight division after humbling Intare 9-0, a result that increased their grip on top spot in Pool B.In other matches played on Wednesday, APR struck four times to send Kirehe out of the competition with a double from Isaac Muganza, Maxime Sekamana and Eric Nsabimana.AS Kigali also booked a place in the last eight with a 3-1 win over Espoir at Stade de Kigali.Three matches are on card today as clubs seek to claim the proposed winner’s cash prize worth Rwf10m. Runners-up will get Rwf7m, Rwf5m and Rwf3m respectively courtesy of Imbuto Foundation.