Tusker FC must secure victory against Rayon Sports on Wednesday evening to keep their CECAFA Kagame Cup semi-final hopes alive, with anything short of three points leaving the Brewers on the verge of elimination.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsThe Mozzart Bet Cup champions take on the Rwandan giants at Kigali Pelé Stadium from 7 pm (EAT), looking to bounce back from their disappointing 2-0 defeat to Sudanese giants Al Hilal in their Group C opener on Sunday.##NAJAVA_MECA_9868161##The other Group C fixture will see Al Hilal face KVZ, with the Sudanese side aiming to strengthen their position in the race for a place in the last four.Rayon Sports, meanwhile, head into the encounter with confidence after opening their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Zanzibar's KVZ. Another win for the hosts will see them edge closer to securing a place in the semi-finals heading into their final game against Al Hilal, while defeat for Tusker would leave their final group fixture against KVZ as a mere formality.Shock as Omanyala's Commonwealth Games title defense goes up in smokeWith only the three group winners and the best-performing second-placed team advancing to the semi-finals, Wednesday's meeting has become a crucial fixture in Tusker’s campaign.The Brewers arrived in Rwanda with a significantly reshaped squad following a major off-season rebuilding exercise. Eighteen players from the 30-man squad that lifted last season’s Mozzart Bet Cup departed the club, forcing head coach Julien Mette to rope in several new faces as he prepares the team for the new season and their CAF Confederation Cup campaign.Abud Omar on how Tusker can topple Rayon Sports to boost Kagame Cup semis chancesOne of the notable additions is captain Abud Omar, who returned to Tusker from Kenya Police FC, a decade after leaving the club. Mette has repeatedly emphasised that the CECAFA Kagame Cup is an important part of the Brewers’ preparations ahead of their continental assignment.After the defeat to Al Hilal, Omar admitted Tusker were punished for failing to convert their chances but believes the team has learnt valuable lessons ahead of the must-win clash against Rayon Sports."From our first game, which we lost, we learnt a lot, and now it's time to rectify our mistakes. We had a lot of chances, but we didn't capitalise on them. CONFIRMED: AFC Leopards re-sign midfielder seven years after departureGoing forward, we shall make the most of every chance we get, and I think that's the only way to survive in this competition," Omar said.Tusker will now need to turn those lessons into action against a Rayon Sports side riding on home support and momentum.