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Enugu Rangers To Win NPFL Tomorrow by Dilijingsly(m): 11:02am On Oct 01, 2016 |
Nigeria Professional Football League
(NPFL) leaders Enugu Rangers are
just 90 minutes and one point away
from winning the country's top tier for
the first time in 32 years.
The only team standing between the
Flying Antelopes and a seventh
league title are El-Kanemi Warriors
when they meet this Sunday.
The Enugu club have won the title in
1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982 and
1984 but have never come this close
to winning it in the modern era in
which the top tier has been
rechristened from the Old First
Division to the Professional League,
to the Premier League and now the
NPFL.
After their title win in 1984, Rangers
stopped flying. Their dominance of
the 1970s and early 1980s when they
also won five Cup titles came to an
end.
Rangers captain Christian Chukwu,
one of the men who helped the club to
their last league title 32 years ago,
told supersport.com that it has been
"torturing to watch as we struggled
over many years to win anything" but
now feels relieved that they have a
hand on the league trophy this time.
"It has been torturing to watch as we
struggled over many years to win
anything in the country. If I was told
in 1984 that Rangers will not win
anything for many years I would have
disagreed but that is football for you,"
began Chukwu, who works as a
technical consultant at the club.
"I am happy with the position we
have found ourselves this season, but
we haven't lost focus of the fact that
there is a game to play. And the
coach of the team (Imama
Amapakabo) have made this very
clear to the players ahead of the last
game."
Amapakabo, who was a teenager in
1984 and was still in secondary
school when Chukwu lifted the league
trophy then, said his playing
personnel have been put on their toes
ahead of Sunday's crucial game
against El-Kanemi Warriors.
The former Nigeria under-17
goalkeeper has also enlisted a
psychologist to work on the players
on the eve of the NPFL final day and
Amapakabo has made it clear that
Rangers will play for the full points
this Sunday.
"At this stage of the season, we are
not losing sight of anything and are
not taking any chances. As a person,
I always want to win and that is how
I always set up this team to play in
every match this season. So Sunday
won't be different," Amapakabo said
to supersport.com on Friday.
This Sunday, not just the Nnamdi
Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu will be
jam-packed by supporters of the club,
but Ogui Road, where the sports
facility is located will witness a flurry
of activities it hasn't seen in more
than three decades.
Rangers need just a point to seal the
title and become only the fourth team
to win the Nigerian top-flight this
decade. 1 Like |
Re: Enugu Rangers To Win NPFL Tomorrow by Taich(m): 11:27am On Oct 01, 2016 |
Up Rangers. At all at all we pack bus. We must win this title |
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