By Akeem Lawal
Akwa United goalkeeper,
Olorunleke Ojo is confident of securing victory over visiting El-Kanemi
Warriors in their opening match of the 2018/19 Nigeria Professional Football
League today at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom.
In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com,
the former Sunshine Stars goal tender said the the Promise Keepers are ready to
win the title this time around, having missed out due to premature end of last season’s
campaign which saw Lobi Stars being declared NPFL champions after 24 games.
“The preparation has been tough, we’ve been
training so hard since we resumed in anticipation towards the resumption the
league. Despite the postponement all these while, we never gave up, we kept
training hoping that some day somehow the league will start and we don’t want a
situation whereby it will take us unaware. So we’ve really trained well and
work real hard for the league and thank God that finally the league is starting
on Sunday. We are ready and good to go.
“We are going to defeat
El-Kanemi, that one is non negotiable. The only thing is that we are going to
respect them, they are not a small side. For them playing to the top plight,
speaks a lot about them. But if you want to check it the other way round, with
due respect to then, they can’t be a threat to us. The truth is that we won’t
look down on them. It will be eleven against eleven but I believe at the end of
the day we will come out victorious.
“Winning the league has been
our target and it is unfortunate what happened last season, I don’t want us to
go into that now, whether it is abridged or straight league, our aim and
objective is to make sure that we get something positive this season which is
winning the league. I believe with more hard work and determination and prayers
to make everything work out well. I believe something good would come out for
us at the end of the season,” Olorunleke told Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com.
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