{"id":437330,"date":"2011-06-07T08:26:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T08:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/why-amavubi-lost-to-burundi\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T08:26:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T08:26:56","slug":"why-amavubi-lost-to-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/why-amavubi-lost-to-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Amavubi Lost to Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.6550580431\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>opinion<\/p>\n<p>It is easy to blame someone or something when things are not going right. In fact, it comes naturally to do so.<\/p>\n<p>So I can&#8217;t wait to hear what Amavubi coach Sellas Tetteh has to say about Sunday&#8217;s humiliating defeat.<\/p>\n<p>After a resounding victory in the first leg were Tetteh fielded only two pros in Baby (Elias Uzamukunda) and Patrick Mafisango, everyone in the wasps&#8217; camp expected an even stronger performance considering the return of Kalisa Mao, Bokota Labama and Olivier Karekezi.<\/p>\n<p>Such was the poise among the fans that a record number beat all odds to travel to Bujumbura to cheer on the team.<\/p>\n<p>Clad in yellow, blue and green, they endured the scorching sun and the unprofessional Burundi police in the packed Prince Louis Rwagasore stadium.<\/p>\n<p>I was seated next to former Amavubi assistant coach Jean Marie Ntagwabira (now at Rayon Sport) and once the team sheet was out, he predicted a rough outing for the wasps.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old could not understand why Tetteh had to leave out Bokota Labama from the starting line-up and to make matters worse &#8211; play Peter Kagabo and Jacques Tuyisenge out of position.<\/p>\n<p>The former APR and Atraco coach maintains that Tetteh&#8217;s assistants Eric Nshimiyimana and Emmanuel Ruremesha should have talked the Ghanaian out of the gaffe.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106070391.html\" title=\"Why Amavubi Lost to Burundi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Amavubi Lost to Burundi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 7 June 2011 opinion It is easy to blame someone or something when things are not going right. In fact, it comes naturally to do so. So I can&#8217;t wait to hear what Amavubi coach Sellas Tetteh has to say about Sunday&#8217;s humiliating defeat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Amavubi Lost to Burundi - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/why-amavubi-lost-to-burundi\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why Amavubi Lost to Burundi - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"7 June 2011 opinion It is easy to blame someone or something when things are not going right. 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