NPFL: Rivers United Targets Opening Day Victory, Today

Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt will today start her 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season, as they host Rangers FC of Enugu, at Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium.
The commencement of League which faced several postponements officially kicked off last Sunday, had United versus Rangers game postponed, following United’s conti-nental engagement, last week.
United players and technical crew have expressed confidence to win the encounter, and vowed to maintain their impressive performance.
The Pride of Rivers secured 2-0 away victory over Bloemfontein Celtic in CAF Confederation Cup tie in South Africa; Coach Eguma will hope to continue the momentum and get to start a perfect season.
Most likely the technical manager of Rivers United, Stanley Eguma, may relax some of his key players due to fatigue, but hope to start the game with some new signings that are also good.
Speaking, the captain of Rivers United, Festus Austin, said they are going to approach the game differently as League and continental game are quite different.
“We just came back from South Africa with a good result and we the players have put that behind us as this is a league match and it’s another different ball game.
“We are playing a big side, a tactical side and a big team in Nigeria and I think we will need to step up our game. We know how important the three points is, so we can’t afford to lose any point at home now. We just have to go all out.
“I think Rangers will be unlucky, because we need the three points to be on top the log of the league,” Austin said.

By:   Tonye Orabere