Sudan hold Rwanda’s Amavubi in Kigali

_{The Sudan national team held hosts Rwanda to a goalless draw in an international friendly match played at the Kigali Stadium on Thursday.}

_{Coach Carlos Alós Ferrer’s team looked the better side creating several scoring opportunities, but the visitors stood firm.}

_{In the second half Sudan thought they had got a penalty when Mohammed Salim was brought down by Thierry Manzi after 73 minutes, but the referee waved play on.}

_{Substitutes Hakim Sahabo and Fred Muhozi brought more life for the Amavubi later in the second half, but the Sudan team defended well. The two teams will against face-off on Saturday in the second friendly match at the Kigali Stadium.}

_{Sudan is using the friendly matches to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) to take place January 13th to February 4th in Algeria.}

_{Ethiopia and Uganda are the other teams from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) that qualified to play in the CHAN 2022 tournament.}

_{Meanwhile, Burundi suffered a 4-0 defeat away to Ivory Coast in an international friendly match played on Wednesday at the Marrakech Stadium in Morocco. Jean-Philippe Krasso, Max-Alain Gradel, Ibrahim Sangare and Nicolas Pepe scored for the Ivory Coast team.}