Heartland welcome Lobi Stars to Owerri
in a Week 30 Nigeria Professional
Football League encounter.
The hosts come to this encounter with
the mindset of winning for their fallen
heroes who died in the Oriental Airline
plane crash 21 years ago in Algeria.
Then Iwanyanwu Nationale were
returning back to the country from a Caf
Champions League quarter final game
they lost 3-0 to Esperance Sportive of
Tunisia when their plane crashed in
Tamanrasset.
Media officer of the team, Cajetan
Nkwopara said Heartland players have
been told to approach the tie with Lobi
Stars with maximum concentration as
they eye a win for their fallen heroes.
“We decided to honour two of our
former players that died in the Oriental
Airline crash that happened 21 years ago
on Friday. We didn’t train as expected
because of them and we used our
practice session period to pray for the
repose of the lives of the dead players,”
he told Goal.
“We are not stopping at that because we
are going to dedicate our weekend
league game against Lobi Stars to their
memories. We have told our players to
take the game seriously and ensure that
they win well for them.”
Tony Okpotu has scored 10 goals in the
last 14 games and will be a massive
boost for Lobi Stars as Heartland’s
scoring responsibilities will be
shouldered by Bright Ejike.

Source: m.goal.com/s/en-ng/news/4111/npfl/2015/09/20/15534972/heartland-lobi-stars-preview-hosts-seek-win-for-fallen?utm.

Yours truly will be bringing live updates from The Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri later today...while Giwa FC will be trampling over Sharks FC in Jos.