No.
|
Amakipe
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
PTS
|
1
|
APR
|
24
|
16
|
4
|
4
|
51
|
21
|
30
|
52
|
2
|
POLICE
|
24
|
15
|
5
|
4
|
37
|
15
|
22
|
50
|
3
|
MUKURA
|
24
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
34
|
14
|
20
|
49
|
4
|
RAYON
|
24
|
13
|
7
|
9
|
41
|
20
|
21
|
46
|
5
|
KIYOVU
|
24
|
11
|
5
|
8
|
27
|
27
|
0
|
38
|
6
|
ISONGA
|
24
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
23
|
27
|
-4
|
32
|
7
|
ETINCELLES
|
24
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
21
|
25
|
-4
|
28
|
8
|
MARINES
|
24
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
23
|
33
|
-10
|
28
|
9
|
AS KIGALI
|
24
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
22
|
31
|
-9
|
26
|
9
|
LA JEUNESSE
|
24
|
7
|
4
|
13
|
22
|
33
|
-11
|
25
|
11
|
AMAGAJU
|
24
|
6
|
7
|
11
|
17
|
28
|
-13
|
25
|
12
|
NYANZA
|
24
|
6
|
5
|
13
|
17
|
31
|
-14
|
23
|
13
|
ESPOIR
|
24
|
1
|
5
|
18
|
18
|
42
|
-26
|
8
|
En zo vlak voor het einde van de competitie zag het er ook
helemaal niet naar uit dat APR kampioen zou worden. APR was al uitgespeeld,
maar als Police, met een achterstand van vijf punten, haar nog twee resterende wedstrijden had
gewonnen, dan waren zij kampioen geworden. De druk werd waarschijnlijk te
groot, want zo verloren de eerste en moesten dus uiteindelijk genoegen nemen
met de tweede plaats. Zonder te spelen is APR kampioen geworden. Dit stond er in
The New Times.
APR are the champions!
APR won
their fourth successive league title yesterday after Police squandered their
chances. The New Times/File.
THEY have
done it again. APR FC yesterday claimed their 13th Primus League title in 17
years after rivals Police FC blew up their chances of winning their first ever
title when they lost to Mukura at Kicukiro grounds.
Having played all their games, with a five-point cushion over Police who had two games in hand – including yesterday’s – APR won the league on the day they did not kick a ball.
Police needed to win the two ties – against Mukura and Isonga – to be crowned champions, but their heartbreaking defeat yesterday means that they will have only pride to play for when they meet the enterprising Isonga side on Friday.
The law and order enforcers, whose collapse in the final stages of this year’s season sent shockwaves across local football fraternity, will now have to wait for next season to try to win their maiden Primus League trophy in their 11 years of existence.
Police, who were the huge favourites going into yesterday’s encounter, struggled to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Mukura –ironically courtesy of former APR striker Emmanuel Sebanani a.k.a Crespo’s exquisite 20th strike – but couldn’t break the resistance of the Huye-based club. Sebanani surged from 30 yards, dribbling past Ugandan defender Deo Othieno before unleashing an unstoppable shot past Police custodian Evaresti Mutuyimana.
Yet that may have been Mukura’s only shot on goal throughout the game. As expected Police dominated the next 70 minutes of play, as they frantically looked for an equalizer in vein.
To worsen matters for the team that had topped the league standings for the better half of the season, central defender Gilbert Kaze was sent off for elbowing Gabriel Mugabo within five minutes of regulation time.
The result was a huge disappointment to coach Goran Kopunovic, who had hoped to break the team’s trophy jinx, and indeed to their growing fan-base.
The defeat saw Mukura leapfrogging Police by two points to claim the second position – at least for 48 hours – with the former title contenders relegated to the third place, on 47 points.
Police must now beat Isonga in their last game on Friday to finish second on the Primus league standings. If APR goes on to win the MTN Peace Cup in July, and Police finishes second in the league, both sides with represent Rwanda in African club competitions.
The loss for Police handed bragging rights to defending champions APR as they claimed their incredible 13th league title in 17 years. Having played their last game against Nyanza FC on Saturday, the military side wrapped up the season with 52 points.
APR will now be crowned champions on Friday at Stade de Kigali – the scheduled venue for the final game of the season – between the hugely demoralized Police and Isonga, who boast the majority of the country’s U-20 national players.
In other matches played yesterday, Rayon Sport sealed their fourth place with a 1-0 victory over struggling La Jeunesse at Stade de Kigali; SC Kiyovu suffered a 0-1 loss away to Amagaju in Nyamagabe but still finished in fifth position, while Etincelles won the Western Province derby with a 2-0 victory over neighbours Marines in Rubavu.
Espoir, the only relegated side this season lost 0-1 at home against Nyanza, with AS Kigali playing a 1-all draw against Isonga at Ferwafa turf in Remera.
The 2012-13 Primus League season will be comprised of 14 teams following recent promotion of AS Muhanga and Musanze FC.
Having played all their games, with a five-point cushion over Police who had two games in hand – including yesterday’s – APR won the league on the day they did not kick a ball.
Police needed to win the two ties – against Mukura and Isonga – to be crowned champions, but their heartbreaking defeat yesterday means that they will have only pride to play for when they meet the enterprising Isonga side on Friday.
The law and order enforcers, whose collapse in the final stages of this year’s season sent shockwaves across local football fraternity, will now have to wait for next season to try to win their maiden Primus League trophy in their 11 years of existence.
Police, who were the huge favourites going into yesterday’s encounter, struggled to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Mukura –ironically courtesy of former APR striker Emmanuel Sebanani a.k.a Crespo’s exquisite 20th strike – but couldn’t break the resistance of the Huye-based club. Sebanani surged from 30 yards, dribbling past Ugandan defender Deo Othieno before unleashing an unstoppable shot past Police custodian Evaresti Mutuyimana.
Yet that may have been Mukura’s only shot on goal throughout the game. As expected Police dominated the next 70 minutes of play, as they frantically looked for an equalizer in vein.
To worsen matters for the team that had topped the league standings for the better half of the season, central defender Gilbert Kaze was sent off for elbowing Gabriel Mugabo within five minutes of regulation time.
The result was a huge disappointment to coach Goran Kopunovic, who had hoped to break the team’s trophy jinx, and indeed to their growing fan-base.
The defeat saw Mukura leapfrogging Police by two points to claim the second position – at least for 48 hours – with the former title contenders relegated to the third place, on 47 points.
Police must now beat Isonga in their last game on Friday to finish second on the Primus league standings. If APR goes on to win the MTN Peace Cup in July, and Police finishes second in the league, both sides with represent Rwanda in African club competitions.
The loss for Police handed bragging rights to defending champions APR as they claimed their incredible 13th league title in 17 years. Having played their last game against Nyanza FC on Saturday, the military side wrapped up the season with 52 points.
APR will now be crowned champions on Friday at Stade de Kigali – the scheduled venue for the final game of the season – between the hugely demoralized Police and Isonga, who boast the majority of the country’s U-20 national players.
In other matches played yesterday, Rayon Sport sealed their fourth place with a 1-0 victory over struggling La Jeunesse at Stade de Kigali; SC Kiyovu suffered a 0-1 loss away to Amagaju in Nyamagabe but still finished in fifth position, while Etincelles won the Western Province derby with a 2-0 victory over neighbours Marines in Rubavu.
Espoir, the only relegated side this season lost 0-1 at home against Nyanza, with AS Kigali playing a 1-all draw against Isonga at Ferwafa turf in Remera.
The 2012-13 Primus League season will be comprised of 14 teams following recent promotion of AS Muhanga and Musanze FC.
Ernie Brandts zorgt er dus voor dat zijn team kampioen
wordt. Vorig jaar heeft hij de beker ook nog gewonnen en het zou mooi zijn dat
hij er ook dit jaar weer in zou slagen om de dubbel te halen.
Internationaal is het hele andere koek. In de Afrikaanse
Champions League zijn ze in 2011 kansloos uitgeschakeld door Club Africain uit Tunesië.
Dit jaar zijn ze wel een ronde verder gekomen, want in de eerste ronde hadden
ze gewonnen van Tusker uit Kenia (0-0 uit en 1-0 thuis), maar in de tweede
ronde zijn ze weer uitgeschakeld door een Tunesische club. Deze keer was het
ESS (Etoile Sportive du Sahel). Als je kennis neemt van het verslag van de
wedstrijd kan je niet aan de indruk ontkomen dat het kleine clubje uit Rwanda
is gepiepeld ten faveure van de grote club uit Sousse in Tunesie. Ongedurige
Tunesische heethoofden die bij een hun onwelgevallige stand van 2-2 bezit nemen
van het veld met als resultaat dat de Noord-Afrikaanse ploeg alsnog in staat is geweest om
de winnende treffer te maken. Lijkt mij een schande en reden voor een vlammend
protest. Dat is er waarschijnlijk niet van gekomen. Dit stond er in de krant.
APR fails to break North African jinx
Friday’s
results
Al-Hilal 5-1 DFC 8e Arrondissement
ES Sahel 3-2 APR
Esperance 3-1 Brikama
National league champions APR Fc will have to invent other ways of beating North African opponents over two legs following their disappointing exit from the this year’s Africa Champions League in the first round.
The military side, who last year lost to Tunisia’s Club Africain 0-4 at the first round stage, suffered another disappointing exit albeit in controversial fashion after a 2-3 loss to Etoile Sportive du Sahel on Friday.
With tie tied goalless from the first leg, Etoile Sportive du Sahel took the lead on 9th minute with an excellent goal from Lassad Jaziri but APR regrouped and got the equaliser on 39th minute from Uganda import Dan Wagaluka.
In the second half, Burundian international Papy Faty gave APR the lead with the second goal but minutes later he was sent off by Ghanaian referee Agbovi William.
Jaziri scored the equalising goal to make it 2-2 in stoppage time and with still APR with the advantage to progress, however, fans stormed the field causing chaos and in the process, Papy was sent off and the referee added over ten minutes of stoppage time.
Playing 11 against 10, Jaziri grabbed the winner which sent the military side out of this year’s elite competition.
Elsewhere, Sudanese side AL Hilal reached the second round of this the competition with a 5-1 overcoming DFC 8e Arrondissement.
Holders Esperance of Tunisia dispatched Brikamana United of Gambia 3-1 to reach the second round on 4-1 goal aggregates.
Al-Hilal 5-1 DFC 8e Arrondissement
ES Sahel 3-2 APR
Esperance 3-1 Brikama
National league champions APR Fc will have to invent other ways of beating North African opponents over two legs following their disappointing exit from the this year’s Africa Champions League in the first round.
The military side, who last year lost to Tunisia’s Club Africain 0-4 at the first round stage, suffered another disappointing exit albeit in controversial fashion after a 2-3 loss to Etoile Sportive du Sahel on Friday.
With tie tied goalless from the first leg, Etoile Sportive du Sahel took the lead on 9th minute with an excellent goal from Lassad Jaziri but APR regrouped and got the equaliser on 39th minute from Uganda import Dan Wagaluka.
In the second half, Burundian international Papy Faty gave APR the lead with the second goal but minutes later he was sent off by Ghanaian referee Agbovi William.
Jaziri scored the equalising goal to make it 2-2 in stoppage time and with still APR with the advantage to progress, however, fans stormed the field causing chaos and in the process, Papy was sent off and the referee added over ten minutes of stoppage time.
Playing 11 against 10, Jaziri grabbed the winner which sent the military side out of this year’s elite competition.
Elsewhere, Sudanese side AL Hilal reached the second round of this the competition with a 5-1 overcoming DFC 8e Arrondissement.
Holders Esperance of Tunisia dispatched Brikamana United of Gambia 3-1 to reach the second round on 4-1 goal aggregates.
Ondanks deze malheur is Ernie voor mij een kampioenenmaker. En
bovendien is het een heel aardige vent, in Rwanda heb ik een paar keer met hem
gesproken. Is er voor hem nog veel eer te behalen in een nieuw derde seizoen in
Rwanda? Het lijkt mij van niet. Hij moet dus op zoek naar een nieuwe club.
Eerst dacht ik nog aan mijn eigen club FC Groningen, maar die hebben al iemand
gevonden. Maar nu gaan mijn gedachten naar het Nederlands elftal. Daar hebben
ze binnenkort vast een nieuwe coach nodig. Ik stem voor Ernie Brandts als
nieuwe bondscoach.
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten