Garde Républicaine goalkeeper Liban Mohamed has issued a warning to his facet's Group A rivals forward of their opening match in opposition to Vipers SC on the 2026 CECAFA Kagame Cup on Friday.
The match will happen at Amahoro Stadium at 3pm.
The Egyptian facet is drawn in Group A alongside Uganda's Vipers SC, hosts APR FC, and Kenya's Gor Mahia.
Whereas acknowledging the standard of their opponents, Mohamed expressed confidence in his workforce's capacity to compete.
“I'm not going to let you know what will occur tomorrow, however I've by no means confronted them earlier than (Vipers). I respect them, however we're going to do one thing. We’ve our weapons. Let's see what occurs tomorrow,” Mohamed advised reporters throughout Thursday's pre-match press convention.
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Garde Républicaine completed third within the Djibouti Premier League final season, behind champions AS Ali Sabieh Djibouti Telecom.
Regardless of lacking out on the league title, the membership stays one among Djibouti's prime sides, having gained its first nationwide championship in 2020 earlier than lifting a second league crown within the 2022/23 season.
Head coach Sahal Ahmed admitted that preparations for the event have been removed from splendid, as most of his gamers had already gone on trip earlier than the membership obtained affirmation of its participation.
With solely two weeks to organize, Ahmed acknowledged the problem however believes his facet has what it takes to compete and spring a shock in what guarantees to be a extremely aggressive Group A.
“Most of our gamers have been on trip earlier than we discovered that we’d take part within the event. We solely had two weeks to organize, however I can assure that we’ll be right here to compete and provides our opponents a troublesome problem,” Ahmed mentioned.
All opening-day matches of the 2026 CECAFA Kagame Cup can be performed at Amahoro Stadium.
Friday's fixtures
Garde Républicaine vs Vipers SC — 3:00 p.m.
APR FC vs Gor Mahia — 7:00 p.m.
