By: Oyekachi Chimezie
The Plateau United Football Club of Jos has promised Nigerians a respectable performance against Esperance of Tunisia in the opening leg of the CAF Champions League matches scheduled for the MKO Abiola National Stadium on Sunday.
Pius Henwan, the club’s general manager, said during a press conference with the team’s media that the team has all it needs to win the match.
He clarified that the governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, is providing the squad with his full backing through the quick distribution of monies to guarantee that the team is highly motivated prior to the titanic match.
“Esperance of Tunisia is a club with a rich history in the competition after winning the trophy several times,” Henwan said.
“But we are not intimidated by their records. We want to write our history by winning this match to qualify for the group stage of the competition, the General Manager enthused.
Henwan expressed optimism that his side will succeed this time around despite having twice failed to go past the group stage of the competition.
The club’s management has opened the MKO Abiola Stadium’s gates so that supporters can cheer their team to victory in order to guarantee the achievement of that goal.
The competition’s lucrative group stage will advance the victor of the two-leg match.
The game is scheduled to begin at 4:00.
