Prince Okey Nwabeke, Staff Supervisor of Enyimba Worldwide, has solely knowledgeable Completesports.com that Nwankwo Kanu, former Tremendous Eagles captain and Govt Chairman of the membership, has issued a daring directive to the gamers, insisting {that a} top-three end within the present marketing campaign is the minimal expectation.
Enyimba, nine-time champions of Nigeria’s prime flight, are with out a win in six video games throughout all competitions and at the moment sit ninth within the standings with 24 factors. Nevertheless, they’ve three video games in hand, having performed solely 16 matches within the first stanza of the season.
The Folks’s Elephant boss, Nwankwo Kanu, famously nicknamed ‘Papilo’, who captained Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Staff to the historic 1996 Olympic males’s soccer gold medal — the primary by an African nation — has urged his group to raise their efficiency within the second half of the season. His goal: a top-three end to safe a return to continental soccer within the 2025/2026 season.
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“Regardless of our not-so-comfortable place within the NPFL standings, we all know we are able to nonetheless make a powerful comeback within the second spherical,” Prince Nwabeke advised Completesports.com.
“If we don’t win the league title, we are able to nonetheless safe a continental ticket by ending within the prime three.
“It’s a convention at Enyimba to all the time compete on the continent. Everyone seems to be imbibing this tradition of constantly representing Africa each season.
“The Chairman, Nwankwo Kanu, has made it clear: ‘It’s both you win the league title or safe a continental ticket — nothing much less.’
“So, we’re working exhausting to realize that aim. We have now three excellent matches, and we’re centered on securing 9 factors from these video games.
“In soccer, nothing is unattainable. If we obtain that, you may relaxation assured we’ll be in second or third place.
“We received’t hand over. It’s not over till it’s actually over. Why ought to we hand over? We’re Enyimba. We should defend the Elephant badge proudly displayed on our left chest,” Nwabeke asserted.
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