As the final round of matches in the 2016 Nigeria National League (NNL) season holds today, ABS of Ilorin, Gateway United of Abeokuta and Crown FC of Ogbomoso are in the race to secure the group’s sole ticket to the Nigeria Professional Football League.
Gateway lead the log with 21 points and plus six goals advantage ahead of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) also with 21 points and plus five goals advantage, while Crown also boast the same number of points but with plus four goals advantage.
ABS FC will host Gateway today in an NNL match day 14 clash at the Kwara State Stadium in llorin. A win for either side could seal the promotion ticket.
Also today, a win for Crown against Bendel Insurance FC at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City could earn the Ajilete Boys a ticket if the tie in Ilorin eventually ends in a draw.
However, the General Manager of ABS, Alloy Chukwuemeka, believes his men will not disappoint today in Ilorin having come this far.
“We are sure of beating Gateway on our soil. The boys are in the right frame of mind ahead of this crucial match.
“We have 100 per cent home record, not even in the last match will slip. I have a special gift for the boys. I want to thank the chairman Senator Bukola Saraki for his endless support for the team. He is a father figure, above all a mentor.
“We are going back to the league we belong in. You can remember in 2012 when ABS played in the NPFL, we played the best football,” Chukwuemeka told AfricanFootball.com.
Meanwhile, Crown FC head coach, Fatai Osho equally believes his team should not be ruled out of the race
“We have remote chance to gain promotion to the topflight as victory against Bendel Insurance on Sunday [today] may not guarantee us a promotion ticket.
“However, I do not want to worry about what happens in other matches,especially among the teams angling for promotion, that will put the players under undue and severe pressure.
“We want to face our game squarely, take chance and claim the whole three points at stake against Insurance.
“Our focus is squarely on Insurance, if we win and the win proves adequate to guarantee us promotion ticket that will be all well and good if not, we would have satisfied our conscience that we did our very best in the circumstance.
“Already, we will consider the season a success, whether we gain promotion or not at the end of the day,” Osho, former Kogi United and Remo FC coach told supersport.com.
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