Today, at the Huye-Huye Stadium in the Rwandan city of Butare, the National Football Team will face their counterparts from Rwanda, starting at 15:00, in a match punctuating the fifth round of Group "L" qualifying for the CAN, scheduled for January 13 to February 21 in Ivory Coast..

The Mozambican national team has been in Butare since last Friday, when they trained to adapt to the artificial turf provided for this match.

Earlier, in Maputo, the national team played several sessions, including a training match against Malawi, which ended in a one-goal draw.

Chiquinho Conde, the national coach, stressed that "it's imperative that we face this game with a lot of responsibility. There can be no excuses, either on my part or on the part of the players, for the moment they're in or not. The synthetic pitch or the natural grass. The most important thing is that we're focused on beating Rwanda. That's our main objective. If we can't win, obviously our motto is always not to lose."

The president of the Mozambican Football Federation, Feizal Sidat, said that the Mambas are focused on playing a good game and achieving a positive result.