Successful weekend for Kenyan trio in Rwanda

Former Gor Mahia coach Frank ‘Furo’ Ouna led his Musanze side to their second consecutive victory in three matches in the Rwandese top flight league as the team picked a hard fought 2-1 comeback victory against Espoir on Sunday evening.Having started the 2022/2023 campaign on a losing note, Furo, who joined the club back in September 2021 after ditching Football Kenya Federation Premier League side Mathare United, steered his team to their first win of the season against Marines in September.The head coach then kept that run going on Sunday as they forked out their second win in three games.FT.@musanzefc 2️⃣@espoirfc1 1️⃣[Samson 3′] pic.twitter.com/s1z9jygt9r— ESPOIR FC 🇷🇼 (@espoirfc1) October 2, 2022 It was a match where they had to put their best foot forward though as Espoir quickly came out of the starting blocks. Just three minutes in, Irokan Ikechukwu had already given the visitors the lead which they held onto the half time interval.Furo’s half time team talk appeared to have the desired effect as it only took his side nine minutes to restore parity in the match courtesy of Ben Ocen’s strike.Joseph Okumu gets full minutes in seven goal thriller in BelgiumLady luck would then smile upon Musanze’s way as they went ahead for the first time in the match through a Philibert Shyaka own goal, a lead that they would not leg go of till the referee’s full-time whistle with the win pushing Musanze upto eighth place.Still in Rwanda, AS Kigali, home to Harambee Stars midfielder Lawrence Juma, also managed to record victory as they condemned Rutsiro to a 1-2 defeat at home.##NAJAVA_MECA_6686238##Shaban Tshabalala opened the scoring for the away side on the 10th minute but Eric Hatangimana provided an immediate response three minutes later with the equalizer.On the 26th minute, Kigali were awarded a penalty which would prove to be the match inner as Latif Bishira successfully converted.Fleet footed winger Paul Were also picked a thrilling 2-3 win with his Rayon Sport side who recorded their victory over Marines on Saturday.

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