Amateka yakongera kwandikwa? Urugendo Amavubi yanyuzemo ajya mu gikombe cy'Afurika mu myaka 20 ishize

Kuri uyu wa Mbere taliki ya 18 Ugushyingo 2024 Saa kumi n'ebyiri z'umugoroba ni bwo ikipe y'igihugu ya Nigeria iraba yakiriye Amavubi kuri Godswill Akpabio Stadium mu mukino wo ku munsi wa 6 wo mu itsinda D mu gushaka itike y'igikombe cy'Afurika cya 2025 kizabera muri Morocco.

Amavubi agiye gukina uyu mukino ari ku mwanya wa 3 mu itsinda n'amanota 5 aho arushwa na Benin ya kabiri amanota 2 mu gihe arushwa amanota 6 na Nigeria ya mbere ndetse ikaba yaramaze no gukatisha itike.

Kugira ngo ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda ibashe gukatisha itike, birayisaba gutsinda Nigeria naho Libya nayo igatsinda Benin. Abanyarwanda bategerezanyije amatsiko kuza kumenya ibiri buve muri iyi mikino yombi kugira ngo barebe niba Amavubi yakwandika amateka akajya mu gikombe cy'Afurika nyuma y'imyaka 20.

Twiyibutse Amavubi ubwo yajyaga mu gikombe cy'Afurika 

Mu gushaka itike y'igikombe cy'Afurika cya 2004 cyabereye muri Tunisia, Amavubi yari mu itsinda rya 13 aho yari kumwe na Ghana na Uganda.

Ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda niyo yari insina ngufi muri iri itsinda nyuma yuko Uganda yo yari imaze kwitabira igikombe cy'Afurika inshuro 5 naho Ghana yo ikaba yari yaracyitabiriye inshuro 14 ndetse ikabasha kucyegukanamo inshuro enye.

Umukino ubanza Amavubi yakinnye mu gushaka itike y'igikombe cya 2004, wabereye i Accra muri Ghana. Uyu mukino warangiye Amavubi atsinzwe ibitego 4 kuri 2 byatsinzwe na Karekezi Olivier na Ndikumana Hamad Katauti.

Umukino wakurikiyeho Amavubi yakiriye Uganda maze banganya 0-0. Taliki ya 6 Kamena 2003, Amavubi yagiye gukina na Uganda kuri Nambole Stadium yari yuzuye abafana ibihumbi 4.

Abasore b'ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda, Amavubi, bari babizi ko bagomba gutsinda uyu mukino ubundi bagatangira kwizera kujya muri CAN. Kuri uyu mukino Amavubi yatangiranye ibibazo dore ko Ibrahim Mugisha wari umunyezamu wa mbere yahise avunika asimburwa na Mouhamud Mossi.

Nyuma y'uko uyu munyezamu agiye mu izamu, abanya-Uganda bamuteye amashoti aremereye ariko ayukuramo bituma bamushinja amarozi havuka imvururu ari na zo rutahizamu Jimmy Gatete yaje gukomerekeramo ku mutwe, agapfukwa agakomeza gukina.

Ku munota wa 40 Jimmy Gatete yaje gutsinda igitego maze abakinnyi b'ikipe y'igihugu ya Uganda bagerageza kucyishyura biranga, birangira Amavubi atahukanye intsinzi. 

Nyuma yo gutsinda uyu mukino, abasore b'Amavubi bahise burizwa indege bagaruka mu Rwanda aho bakiriwe nk'abami bakazengurutswa Umujyi wa Kigali ndetse nyuma bakajyanwa no muri Stade Amahoro yari yakubise yuzuye.

Nubwo byari bimeze bityo ariko urufunguzo rufungura umuryango winjira muri CAF rwari ku mukino n'ikipe y'igihugu ya Ghana yari ifite abakinnyi bakomeye bari barangajwe imbere na Samuel Osei Kuffour wakiniraga FC Bayern Munich muri icyo gihe.

Uyu mukino waje gukinwa taliki ya 7 Nyakanga muri 2003, Amavubi yongera gutanga ibyishimo atsinda Ghana igitego 1-0 cyatsinzwe na Jimmy Gatete ku munota wa 49 ku mupira yahawe na Ntaganda Elias. 

Nyuma yuko amateka yanditswe ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda ikajya mu gikombe cy'Afurika bwa mbere, yaje kwisanga mu itsinda rimwe na Tunisia yari yakiriye irushanwa, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo ndetse na Guinea.

Muri iri itsinda Amavubi niyo kipe yonyine yari yitabiriye bwa mbere igikombe cy'Afurika ariko nayo yacyiteguye neza dore ko mbere yo kujya kugikina yabanje gukora umwiherero wamaze ibyumweru bibiri mu Bufaransa ikanakora undi wamaze ibyumweru bibiri mu Misiri.

Benshi bumvaga ko Amavubi ashobora kuba agiye kwandagarizwa muri Tunisia ariko ntabwo ari ko byagenze. Taliki ya 20 z'ukwezi kwa Mbere muri 2004 ni bwo Amavubi yasesekaye muri Tunisia, yakirwa n'abanyarwanda benshi babaga muri icyo gihugu.

Taliki ya 24 z'ukwezi kwa Mbere muri 2004 ni bwo igikombe cy'Afurika cyatangiye gukinwa Tunisia ihura n'u Rwanda. Umukino waje kurangira Tunisia itsinze ibitego 2 kuri 1 cy'u Rwanda cyatsinzwe na Elias Joao.

Umukino wa kabiri Amavubi yakinnye na Guinea, birangira banganyije igitego 1-1, ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda iba ibonye inota rya mbere ibifashijwemo na Manzi Karim dore ko ari we watsinze iki gitego.

Ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda, Amavubi, yagiye gukina umukino wa gatatu ari nawo wa nyuma mu matsinda ifite icyizere cyo gukatisha itike ya 1/4. Icyo gihe yasabagwa gutsinda Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo naho Guinea yo igatsindwa na Tunisia yari yamaze no gukatisha itike ya 1/4.

Amavubi yarabikoze atsinda Repubilika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo igitego 1-0 cya Saidi Abedi ariko isosi iza kugwamo inshisi ubwo Guinea yishyuraga Tunisia bikarangira banganyije igitego 1-1. 

Icyo gihe Guinea yahise igira amanota 5 iba ibaye iya kabiri izamukana na Tunisia naho Amavubi yari afite amanota 4 asigara gutyo.

Perezida Kagame yashimiye abasore n'Amavubi bari bamaze gukora amateka aho mu ijambo rye yagize ati: "Ntabwo nakwibagirwa gukoresha uyu mwanya kugira ngo nshimire ikipe y'u Rwanda y'umupira w'amaguru kubera ko yahesheje ishema igihugu cyacu igakora akazi yari yagiye gukora, ikagakora neza muri Tunisia. 

Njye mu by'ukuri ndebye amateka y'u Rwanda, amateka y'ikipe, ntabwo njye kuba bari hano uyu munsi batari muri Tunisia ntabwo navuga ko ari ugutsindwa, mbihereye ku kuntu bitwaye no muri ayo mateka ahubwo navuga ko baje kuruhuka kugira ngo bazashobore gukina ngira ngo ibyo gutsinda neza bizaba ubutaha. 

Nkaba nari nabatumiye hano ko baza hano tukifatanya gufungura iyi Hoteli ariko kugira ngo mbonereho n'umwanya wo kubashimira".

Ubwo Amavubi yajyaga mu gikombe cy'Afurika mu myaka 20 ishize