Harambee Stars midfield dynamo Lawrence Juma was entrusted with a starting berth on Friday evening as his AS Kigali side let slip a two goal advantage in playing to a 2-2 draw against Etincelles in a Rwanda Premier League clash staged at the Umuganda Stadium.Kigali took an early lead in the tenth minute through Akuki Jibrine who found the back of the net with a goal that the away side held onto upto the half time break.FULL TIME AT UMUGANDA STADIUM#Citizens #thewinningteam #HigherthanAclub pic.twitter.com/Al0RhKXfj7— AS KIGALI (@AS_KigaliFC) February 24, 2023 Two minutes upon the second half’s resumption, former Gor Mahia striker Jacques Tuyisenge gave Kigali the desired start to the match as he doubled the team’s lead just two minutes in after bundling the ball into the net following a cross from Hussein Shaban.Things however started going sour for Kigali on the 55th minute when shot stopper Fiacre Ntwari was shown a red card after he handled the ball out of the penalty box to prevent a goal bound effort following a swift counter attack from Etincelles.##NAJAVA_MECA_7049921##The home side took advantage of having an extra man to pile pressure on AS Kigali. A spectacular through ball was sent from midfield to Abdul Muniru who intelligently cut back before finding Moro Sumaila. The striker made no mistake as he fired into the net his 10th goal of the season in the 61st minute.The Ghanaian was once again involved in his side’s equalizer in the 69th minute as he found overlapping left-back Amani Rutayisire with a fantastic ball and the defender whipped in a cross for an unmarked Ibrahim Niyonsenga to head home to make it 2-2.CAFCL: Al Ahly, Sundowns clash pick of the bunch as action enters matchday 3Andre Cassa Mbungo devised a more defensive play in the last twenty minutes of the game as he left only Shabani Hussein on his own upfront.Chances were difficult to come by the final fifteen minutes of the game as both teams held on to the 2-2 draw.
