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Former Rwanda coach, Stephen Constantine believes the Amavubi will crush the Super Eagles ahead of Friday’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Kigali.
Constantine, who managed Rwanda from 2014 to 2015, told DW in an interview that Amavubi have what it takes to overcome the Super Eagles.
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He also stated that Rwanda shouldn’t be judged by its size because the players are hungry and determined to qualify for the World Cup.
“It is not about size or population but what you do with what you have, and Rwanda does that well.
“I think Rwanda have been underestimated for a large degree but there is talent in Rwanda, lots of talent. That is what happens when you give players time and opportunities to develop.”
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I m not sure Rwanda qualified for afcon in morroco.
Anyway mouth is mouth
You blame them? What do you expect when they are leading a group that has Nigeria and South Africa. That has boosted their confidence so they can talk anyhow. It is allowed
And the super eagles will win them
Yea, Rwanda did not qualify for Afcon, but don’t underestimate them. We could not beat them in Kigali, and they beat us (SE) at home in Uyo in the Afcon qualifier series-albeit with a depleted squad. They are a close-knit squad, that work together as an efficient team. They are not topping the WCQ group by accident. Underestimate them at your peril.
Caf and Refs are the reason behind our fall.
I am still looking for where he Catagorically stated that Rwanda will “Crush Eagles”.. I can’t find it please where is he quoted as stating that?.
I don’t blame you but let this MASSIVE DISRESPECT be noted! Let it go down in history that this total ignoramus- stephen constantine made such a disrespectful comment and not just because he is talking about Nigeria – He could have said this about any other nation- think about it, which nation can you substitute for Nigeria in this his absolutely insensitive and ignorant statement today that it won’t be deemed a personal attack and an insult? I dare anyone to substitute any other African country into what this madman said and see if that comment flows from their lips?
It is the Football administrators in Nigeria of present and past that I put this blame squarely at their doors alongside the Nigerian governments of both past and present also (the present is even much worse than any horrible past could have ever been!) the way this country is being run as a whole is an absolute disgrace! Why wouldn’t rats like this agbero disrespect us like this??
It is very clear that this guy (whoever he is because I have never heard of him before) has a great and personal hatred for Nigeria, to say such a senseless thing about the country, especially a country like Nigeria that the only thing that is certain about it is that they have definitely had a great history/past in African football but have been going through a very tough and undistinguished time as of late – so to say a country like Rwanda, who in contrast have never done anything of note in African football, though are now being run very efficiently as a nation (yes-we know that) have now become so great that they will just summarily crush another country, like that, let alone one with the potential that Nigeria still has is absolute madness and the reasons behind such strong sentiments needs to be explored as they definitely go far beneath the surface. The question is why? I feel it must be to do with some type of jealousy borne out of his own personal inferiority complex in his own life – maybe the fact that a nonentity like him will never ever have any chance to even be considered as the Nigerian coach has burnt a hole into his demented psyche and he has to lash out with such venom? – anyway mr constantine, this is only your own personal and highly irrelevant opinion, your comment only shows one thing – and that is the wretched state that your life is in, and how you see yourself – even the current Rwanda coach or their players wouldn’t use such emotive language such as “to crush” someone like as if implying that Nigeria are nothing.
Is Rwanda now Brazil? or Argentina? or Germany? Even those countries cannot be said to be able to just simple “crush” another footballing nation and even more especially these days when football has evolved so much.
Any, I can only return to where I started from and and that is to say that I place the blame firmly and squarely at the NFF door and by implication also the Nigerian governance system that we’ve had for all the years since our so called “independence”. Sad, very very sad!
Albino man. How you dey?
CSNuuuuu
Where is my comment/response to constatine naa??
You people needs to be very careful o! Abi na wetin? Dem swear for una?????
Malaria in the brain