“I m happy with the result, we had the means to win this match, and my young players were heroic. We missed a lot of chances, it shows that we are progressing slowly but surely.
“We re not going to calculate what to do to qualify. We have to win the next, qualification is now within our reach.”
On his part, Morocco coach Houcine Ammouta felt they deserved a better result than what they got against Rwanda.
“We dominated possession but we accept the result,” Ammouta said.
“Rwanda has a quality and tactically disciplined team. There is no easy game to score, you have to have the ball and create space.
Rwanda’s goalkeeper Olivier Kwizera had to be alert to deny Morocco El Kaabi with a fine save seven minutes after the resumption of the second half as the champions exerted more pressure.
The Sparrowhawks, who are debuting in the tournament, moved second courtesy of a maiden 2-1 win against the Cecafa champions.
Meanwhile, an own goal from Paul Mbowa in the 48th minute contributed big in handing Le Roy a win in Cameroon. Uganda were not discouraged by the goal as they equalised three minutes later when Saidi Kyeyune scored a classic goal.
Togo fought and restored the lead when Yendoutie Nane’s curling effort from some 20 yards out beat Charles Lukwago in Uganda’s goal in the 57th minute.