Kigali, Rwanda – St. George FC of Ethiopia held home side Rayon Sports of Rwanda to a 2-2 draw in their Group B opener of the 2010 Cecafa/Kagame Club Championshiphere yesterday. In the day’s other match, TP Mazembe of the DR Congo trashed Telkom of Djibouti 8-0 in Group A match.
St. George returning to big time football following a two-year Fifa ban of their country scored two penalties through Salahadin Said in the seventh and 62nd minutes. Rayon was buoyed by goals from Sina Jerome and Franck Makengo in the 22nd and 47th minutes respectively.
St. George’s Jean Claude Amougo was the Man of the Match. Their next match will be on Thursday against Mafunzo FC of Zanzibar
The tournament kicked off on Saturday when Rwanda’s league champion APR opened their campaign with a hard earned 2-1 win against Burundian champions Vital’O at Amahoro stadium here on Saturday.
Group A: APR (Rwanda), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Vital’O (Burundi) and Telkom (Djibouti)
Group B*: Rayon Club (Rwanda), St. George FC (Ethiopia) and Mafunzo (Zanzibar).
Group C: Atraco (Rwanda), Simba (Tanzania), URA (Uganda) and SOFAPAKA (Kenya)
*Heartland of Nigeria, who were expected to take part as an invitee team, withdrew from the competition at the last minute to concentrate on their domestic league.
The top 3 teams from Group A & C plus the top two from Group B will qualify for th Quarter-Finals.
FIXTURES Saturday- May 15, 2010 APR 2-1 Vital’O A Sunday- May 16, 2010 TP Mazembe 8-0 Telkom Rayon 2-2 St George Monday – May 17, 2010URA 3-0 Sofapaka Atraco 1-2 Simba Tue 18-5-10 6 Vital’O v Mazembe A Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Tue 18-5-10 7 Telkom v APR A Nyamirambo 4.00Pm Wed19-5-10 8 Simba v Sofapaka C Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Wed19-5-10 9 URA v Atraco C Nyamirambo 4.00Pm Thu 20-5-10 10 St. George Mafunzo B Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Thu 20-5-10 11 Telkom v Vital’O A Nyamirambo 4.00Pm Fri 21-5-10 12 URA v Simba C Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Fri 21-5-10 13 Sofapaka v Atraco C Nyamirambo 4.00Pm
Sat 22-5-10 14 Mafunzo v Rayon B Amahoro 3.00Pm
Sat 22-5-10 15 APR Vs Mazembe A Amahoro 5.00Pm Sun 23-5-10 REST DAY
QUARTER FINALS
Mon 24-5-10 16 A1 Vs C3. Amahoro TBD
Mon 24-5-10 17 C1 Vs B2 Amahoro TBD
Tue 25-5-10 18 B1 Vs A3 Amahoro TBD
Tue 25-5-10 19 C2 Vs A2 Amahoro TBD
SEMI – FINALS
Wed 26-5-10 20 Winner 16 Vs Winner 17 Amahoro 5.00Pm
Thur 27-5-10 21 Winner 18 Vs Winner 19 Amahoro 5.00Pm
Fri 28-5-10 REST DAY
Third Place Play off / Finals
Sat 29-5-10 25 Loser 20 Vs Loser 21 Amahoro 3.00Pm
Sat 29-5-10 26 Winner 20 Vs Winner 21 Amahoro 5.00Pm
The winner will pocket $30,000 while first and second runners-up will walk away with $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.
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I am glad to see the result of ” kidus georgis”.
Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge
Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge Viva !!!!!!!!!!! Sangorge
GENTLEMEN
YOU ARE VERY LATE IN YOUR NEWS ABOUT CECAFA
SAINT GEORGE BEAT ZANZIBAR CHAMPIONS MAFUNZO 5-0 WITH GOALS SCORED BY SALADIN SAID,ADANE GIRMA(2) ,MOHAMED NASER AND ELIAS MAMO
AFTER TODAYS FINAL MATCHES OF GROUPS SAINT GEORGE WILL AS A FIRST PLACED TEAM PLAY AGAINST BURUNDI CHAMPIONS AND FORMER GIANTS OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL REACHING TWO TIMES FINALS OF CAF CUP VITALO FROM BUJUMBURA
GOOD LUCK TO OUR BOYS
VIVA SANJAW. OUR CLUB WILL REACH QUARTER FINAL EASLIY B/C IT WILL PLAY AGAINST TELECOM OF JOUBTI TOMOROW REPLACING TP MAZEMBE WHO ARE BANED BY CECAFA.
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I feel so sad that the refere from ETHIOPIA was attacked by the players of TP MAZEMBE and hope CAF will do something about it.
am proud of u st sanjorge
Now st. Gorge got the way of professionalism! an Ethiopian ambassador!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!