Nyuma y’imyaka 22, Amavubi atangije urugendo rwa AFCON mu ntsinzi ikomeye”

U Rwanda rwatangiye umukino neza cyane, rubona igitego cya mbere ku munota wa gatatu gusa, ubwo Abeddy Biramahire yatsindaga ku mupira wari utanzwe na Leroy Jacques Mickels. Amavubi yakomeje gusatira aho kwicara ku gitego yari amaze kubona, maze ku munota wa 34 Leroy Jacques Mickels atsindira u Rwanda igitego cya kabiri, nyuma yo guhererekanywa neza na bagenzi be. Liberia yahise igabanya ikinyuranyo nyuma y’iminota itanu gusa, ubwo Sylvanus Nimely yatsindaga nyuma y’uko u Rwanda rutabashije gukura neza umupira wari utewe muri koruneri. Mbere y’uko igice cya mbere kirangira, u Rwanda rwabonye penaliti nyuma y’uko umupira utewe na Bonheur Mugisha ukoze ku kuboko k’umukinnyi wa Liberia. Joy-Lance Mickels yayitsinze neza, Amavubi ajya kuruhuka ayoboye 3-1. Nyuma yo gutsinda penaliti, Mickels yishimiye igitego akora ikimenyetso kizwi nka “Siuuu”, kizwi cyane kubera Cristiano Ronaldo. Mu gice cya kabiri, Liberia yagarutse ishaka kugabanya ikinyuranyo, ndetse ibona uburyo bwinshi imbere y’izamu ry’u Rwanda. Claude Niyomugabo yagize uruhare rukomeye mu gukiza u Rwanda igitego ubwo yakuraga umupira ku murongo w’izamu, mu gihe umunyezamu Fiacre Ntwari na we yakuyemo umupira ukomeye wari ugana mu izamu. Ku munota wa 60, Liberia yasigaye ari abakinnyi 10 nyuma y’uko Sean Sherman ahabwa ikarita itukura kubera ikosa yakoreye Mugisha. U Rwanda rwakomeje gushaka igitego cya kane, ndetse Leroy Jacques akubita igiti cy’izamu, ariko ibitego bitatu byari bihagije kugira ngo Amavubi yegukane amanota atatu ya mbere. Imyaka 22 yo gutegereza yongeye gutangira Intsinzi ya Liberia ifite igisobanuro kirenze amanota atatu ku Rwanda, kuko Amavubi yari amaze imyaka 22 atagaragara mu gikombe cya Afurika. U Rwanda rwitabiriye AFCON bwa mbere mu 2004, ariko kuva icyo gihe ntirwongeye kubona itike yo kujya mu cyiciro cya nyuma. Abafana benshi bari bitabiriye umukino kuri Stade Amahoro, aho Perezida Paul Kagame na we yari ari mu bakurikiranye uyu mukino. Umutoza Stephen Constantine yavuze ko nubwo yishimiye intsinzi, ikipe igifite byinshi igomba gukosora. Yagaragaje ko intego atari iyi mikino yonyine, ahubwo ko ashaka kubaka ikipe izagira imbaraga mu myaka iri imbere. Ati ikipe iri kubakwa ku buryo mu myaka iri imbere u Rwanda rwagira amakipe akomeye mu byiciro bitandukanye. Cape Verde ni yo ikurikiyeho Nyuma yo gutsinda Liberia, Amavubi azahita yerekeza muri Praia aho azahurira na Cape Verde ku wa 29 Nzeri mu mukino ukurikira wo gushaka itike ya AFCON 2027. Constantine yavuze ko u Rwanda rutagiye muri Cape Verde kurinda intsinzi yabonetse kuri Liberia, ahubwo ko ruzajya kuhaharanira amanota. Nyuma y’imyaka 22 yo gutegereza, urugendo rushya rw’Amavubi rwo gushaka itike ya AFCON rwatangiye neza, ariko ikizamini gikomeye kiracyari imbere.