{"id":835173,"date":"2025-03-19T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/its-not-about-size-pakistan-head-coach-warns-super-eagles-ahead-of-rwanda-clash\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:13:45","slug":"its-not-about-size-pakistan-head-coach-warns-super-eagles-ahead-of-rwanda-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/its-not-about-size-pakistan-head-coach-warns-super-eagles-ahead-of-rwanda-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s not about size\u201d \u2013 Pakistan head coach warns Super Eagles ahead of Rwanda clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former head coach of the Malawi national football team, Stephen Constantine, has weighed in on the Rwanda football team ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Nigeria, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Amavubi of <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/rwanda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwanda<\/a> are currently the table toppers of the World Cup group standings after garnering a win, two draws, and a loss to secure seven points in the six-team table.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they face a bigger fish to fry when they take on the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations champions in the coming days at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>For Constantine, who has formerly led the Rwandan national team, it is not about size for his former team, as they know how to organize themselves to achieve the best result.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about size or population but what you do with what you have, and Rwanda does that well,\u201d said the 62-year-old head coach, who spoke to Deutsche Welle, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/article\/24908\/sports\/football\/wc-2026-qualifiers-constantine-insists-ex-side-amavubi-are-no-pushovers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Times<\/a> ahead of the clash.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153922\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/super-eagles-rwanda.html\/rwanda-team-setup\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rwanda-team-setup.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Rwanda team \" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153922\">Rwanda team [Photo credit\/X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Wasps of Rwanda face a hungry Super Eagles side aiming for all three points in a must-win encounter to keep their hopes of securing a World Cup ticket for the 2026 global event alive.<\/p>\n<h5>READ MORE:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Rwanda vs Nigeria: Why Eric Chelle must build his Super Eagles attack around Osimhen &#038; Lookman\" href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/rwanda-nigeria-osimhen-lookman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwanda vs Nigeria: Why Eric Chelle must build his Super Eagles attack around Osimhen &#038; Lookman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rwanda vs Nigeria: Amavubi suffer terrible blow ahead of crucial World Cup Qualifier\" href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/rwandan-players-lose-their-father.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwanda vs Nigeria: Amavubi suffer terrible blow ahead of crucial World Cup Qualifier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nigerians abroad: Uche shines but sees red in Spain as Bassey, Ogbu impress before Rwanda trip\" href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigerians-uche-bassey-ogbu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigerians abroad: Uche shines but sees red in Spain as Bassey, Ogbu impress before Rwanda trip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the head coach of the Pakistan national team, the Rwandan setup should not be underestimated, as there is a lot of talent capable of firing the team to victory or making things difficult for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He added: \u201cI think Rwanda is underestimated to a large degree, but there\u2019s talent in Rwanda, lots of talent. That is what happens when you give players time and opportunity to develop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153890\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/rwandan-players-lose-their-father.html\/gf9lvswxmaawjsj\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gf9lvSWXMAAWjsj.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Rwandan team (Photo credit: X)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153890\">Rwandan team (Photo credit: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nigeria, who currently have three points in the group, will face Rwanda for all points on Friday at 5:00 PM Nigerian time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/super-eagles-rwanda.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former head coach of the Malawi national football team, Stephen Constantine, has weighed in on the Rwanda football team ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Nigeria, Soccernet.ng reports. The Amavubi of Rwanda are currently the table toppers of the World Cup group standings after garnering a win, two draws, and a loss to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29038,142598,2005],"tags":[5517,8110],"class_list":{"0":"post-835173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-its","8":"category-size","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-its","11":"tag-size"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}