A strong Rangers International F.C of Enugu delegation that has twenty-six players, coaches, backroom staff, and other top management officials have safely touched down in Uyo the Akwa-Ibom state capital for the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024/2025, first leg, first preliminary round fixture against Comoros Islands side, U.S Zilimadjou, who are playing their home fixture in Nigeria.
Led by the
double award-winning coach of the season, Fidelis Ilechukwu, the players are in
a very high mood to defend the badge of the club and the flag of the nation,
Nigeria in their return to continental football after four seasons.
The team has
been in an intense training regime for the past three weeks in Enugu under
coach Ilechukwu and his able lieutenants, and they are rearing to go against
the Comoros league champions who landed in the country on Wednesday.
Captain of
the ‘Flying Antelopes’, Ugwueze Chinemerem, is optimistic about getting a good
result ahead of the return leg that has been fixed for Friday, August 23, 2024,
at the same facility, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, as he said,
in a chat, “We respect our opponent but we shall do the needful, by God’s special
grace, on the field of play. We have intensified our training since the
preparation for the new season started and with the level of motivation in our
team, we shall come out with a good result.”
In his
reaction ahead of the fixture, assistant captain and short-stopper, Opubo
Japhet said, “I believe we have all it takes to get a good result on Sunday in
Uyo. Though not much is known about our opponent, we give them their respect as
the champions of Comoros but we have our game plans.”
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