Ashadi, Eleje talk tough ahead of Kano Pillars clash

By Taofeek Babalola

Katsina United are optimistic of victory against Kano Pillars in the semi-final clash of the Aiteo Cup competition on Wednesday at the Agege Stadium, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.

Speaking in separate interviews with Sportinglens.blogspot.com, Destiny Ashadi and Obinna Eleje stressed that 'The Chanji Boys' have done enough to reach this stage and they will give everything to the game against Kano Pillars.

The club’s utility player, Ashadi said the team will work together to get victory against Kano Pillars.

“In every game, we have to prepare very well for it and we have been doing it since the beginning of this competition. We are in the semi-final now and we have to put everything into it to get victory against Kano Pillars and reach the final,” Ashadi said to Sportinglens.blogspot.com.

He added: Before the game against Kwara United in the quarter final it was not easy but we gave everything to it and it paid off for us. I believe that if we work together we can achieve a lot of thing in this competition.”

Speaking in the same vein, the club’s striker, Eleje said the team is full of young and experienced players that are ready for success. He added that they want to use Aiteo Cup to prove to Nigerians that Katsina United is a better team.

“The team is a mixture of young and experienced players and Seventy percent of the team is young and very talented.  Right from the very first day, we have the ambition of achieving something with the club,” Eleje told Sportinglens.blogspot.com.

“We were not happy the way the league ended because our intention was to pick continental ticket. We were in the good position before the league ended abruptly; If not for the way the league ended, we would have picked a continental ticket. After the league drama, we tasked ourselves to use this Aiteo Cup to prove to the whole Nigeria that Katsina United have a better team to represent this country in the continent."