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| Plateau United FC |
CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: LALONG, UNITED SET TO
MAKE ANOTHER HISTORY
By Joseph A Adudu
10th February, 2018
Governor Simon
Bako Lalong of Plateau State and Plateau United Football club, Nigeria’s representatives
of this year Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League are on
the verge of making history again as they are set to host Eding Sport Football
Club of Cameroun tomorrow in the first match, first leg of the prestigious
tournament at the new stadium along Zaria Road Jos.
Recall that the
“Lalong Boys” (as Plateau United is fondly called) against all odds put an
impressive performance in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPLF) last
season which reached its apogee after beating Rangers International Football Club
of Enugu on the last day of the season and were subsequently crowned league
champions of the NPFL at the Rwang Pam township stadium for the first time in
the club’s history; a feat that has also never been achieved by any other club
in Plateau State.
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| United Players |
Right from the
onset of the competition when the Plateau team took the lead on the league table,
Governor Lalong left no one in doubt that he was determined to ensure that the
jinx was broken and the elusive football title came to the state at the end of
the competition. Unlike many contemporary politicians, the governor matched
words with action not only by pouring much-needed funds into the team, but also
took a step further by being personally involved in the running of the affairs
of the club so much so that he was never absent at the team’s home matches in spite
of his crowded schedules. Not for once was there bickering of any sort between
the players and their handlers as so often happens among other teams even at
the national level.
Though the
coach Kennedy Boboye boys would be playing in the CAF Champions league for the
first time with no continental experience like Eyinmba FC of Abba or Kano
Pillars FC of Kano, sport enthusiasts however believed that if they put in the
rugged determination, cohesion and team-spirit they exhibited last season which
ultimately earned them the crown, the team can equally pull surprises at the continental
stage.
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| Gov. Lalong |
Speaking to African
Drum this afternoon, most sport enthusiasts called on football-lovers and
supporters of Plateau United to come out en-mass tomorrow to cheer the club to
victory so that the return leg in Cameroon would be a mere formality.
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