By Akeem Lawal
The NPFL is currently indefinitely
postponed due to a leadership tussle in the Nigeria Football Federation.
Owena Waves, who
engaged Akure City in a friendly last week, will play Snippers FC of Akure next
Wednesday before facing an amateur side from Ekiti State two days later.
In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com, Head Coach of the Akure-based side, Henry Abiodun said due to the
paucity of funds, the team will continue to engage local clubs around the state
and hope to play big teams in the top flight immediately the new date for the
resumption of the league is announced.
“We are trying
the little we could; financially the club is not buoyant to play some of these
top friendlies because if you want to invite a club you have to provide at
least accommodation or fueling and if you want to go out likewise. So the truth
be told, I tried to bring one or two teams near than to go out. Right now
financially, the club is not buoyant. What we are doing is that we are playing
locally, engaging some of the young clubs around.
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| Henry Abiodun |
“We are also
reserving the opportunity to play friendlies towards when we know the league
will exactly commence again. That is why I am not pushing much on the
management right now because even if you play against top clubs and there is no
game, the whole effort will amount to wastage at the end. But if they tell us
we are coming back in two weeks time, then we re-enforce. So right now we are
giving it our best in terms of training session.
“So we are
doing the little we could do, we are just waiting; we are trying to perfect our
system on everything while we are waiting. As soon as we know, then I can call
on other neighboring clubs to come and play us and hopefully the management
will provide the needed funds. So we hope to intensify our preparations as soon
as we get a date for the league resumption,” Abiodun told Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com.
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