Rwanda’s football federation, Ferwafa are optimistic that Amavubi Stars will win their 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers third round opener against Algeria on March 28 in Kigali. The federation Chief Executive Officer Jules said that Rwanda is as strong as any other country in her pool thus remained confident of a good performance in the opener despite failure to engage the team in build-up matches. “Amavubi Stars is strong despite not playing build-up matches this year but they will spend three weeks in camp ahead of their tie with Algeria. “Our record against North African countries is improving and I’m quite confident of our chances of reaching far in this final qualifying round,” Kalisa stated. He also confirmed that the league will be put on hold after the February 28 fixtures to pave way for the national team preparations Ferwafa are waiting for coach Tucak Blanko to draft the team’s plan after returning from vacation back in his native Croatia. Meanwhile, Norway based striker Olivier Karekezi (Ham Kam) and Cyprus based defender Hamad Ndikumana (AC Omonio) are ready to sacrifice their all to have confirmed their readiness to qualify Rwanda to her second African Nations Cup finals. Rwanda is drawn alongside Algeria, Egypt and Zambia in Group C of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Having failed to qualify for the last two Nations Cup finals, Rwanda must finish inside the top three to qualify for Angola 2010 CAN finals. The Amavubi Stars open their campaign on March 28, 2009 at home against Algeria, travel to Zambia on June 6 before winding the first leg matches with a daunting away tie against Egypt on July 10. Ends
