Enyimba were crowned champions of the the Nigeria Professional Football League for a record breaking seventh time today, November 15, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The Peoples Elephant played out a scoreless draw with Sunshine Stars of Akure to finish the season on 70 points. Naij.com was live on ground to bring you coverage of the game. Read below:
After 38 round of league games, the Aba Elephants garnered 70 points.
The Peoples elephants confirmed their status as champions last week with a 0-0 draw against title contender Warri Wolves.
Enyimba won the first leg 3-1 against Sunshine Stars in Aba with goals coming from Nzube Anaezemba, Ezekiel Bassey and an own goal by Stephen Eze while league topscorer Tunde Adeniji got the consolation strike.
This game promises to be a cracker and Naij.com is on ground to bring you live coverage of the game. Refresh your browser always for fresh update.
Sunshine XI: Starting XI: J.Shuaibu, Abe S, Ozor C, Udoh K, Odunlami K, Ayinde K, Emmanuel S, Adeniji T, Olorundare D, Ojo D, Afolabi O
Sunshine Stars XI: 1 Shuaibu John, 10 Abe Sunday, 8 Ozor Chinedu, 35 Udoh Kingsley, 32 Odunlami Kunle, 29 Ayinde Kabiru, 15 Emmanuel Sunday, 17 Adeniji Tunde, 28 Olorundare Dele, 9 Ojo Dayo, 12 Afolabi Okiki
SUBS: 23 Ikhana Azeez, 3 Omololu Waheed, 11 Chinonso Udeh, 24 Adedipe Kehinde, 25 Emmanuel James, 18 Eduwo Kingsley, 26 Luter Iyhore
Enyimba XI: Femi Thomas, Ojobo Markson, Aloma Idris, Chinedu Udoji, 5 Ifeanyi Anaemena, 34 Uche John, 35 Ahmed Kone, 23 Peter Onyekachi, 24 Ifeanyi George, 4 Nzube Anaezemba, 30 Mfon Udoh
SUBS: 32 Joshua Enaholo, 28 Bright Esieme, 14 Emma Anyanwu, 10 Kingsley Sokari, 11 Andrew Abalogu, 31 Chimezie Amanfor, 33 Musa Najare
90+2′ FT: Sunshine Stars 0 – 0 Enyimba. The official champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League is Enyimba Football Club.
90+2′ Tunji Adeniji strikes a shot but goalkeeper Femi Thomas makes a fine save.
90+1′ Enyimba breaks away on a counter and Sokari tees up Mfon Udoh but the striker is dispossessed just as he was about to pull the trigger.
90′ We are into stoppage time now. Two minutes to be played.
85′ Sunshine Stars 0-0 Enyimba. Five minutes left!
82′ Half Chance! Peter Onyekachi fires wide after a nice counter play from Enyimba. Are we going to get a winner in this game?
80′ We are into the final 10 minutes of this game. Still Sunshine Stars 0 – 0 Enyimba.
77′ Emmanuel Sunday is taken out, on comes Emmanuel James.
75′ Half Chance! Iyhore fires wide from outside the box. He has been very lively since coming on in the second half.
74′ CHANCE! A dangerous ball in the box misses everyone including Iyhore who was inches close from nodding into an empty net.
71′ CHANCE! Enyimba with a nice counter as Sokari crosses a dangerous ball but it misses Onyekachi in the box and is cleared. Close from the Champions. Who is going to break the deadlock?
66′ Goalkeeper Femi Thomas is called to action again as he does well to save Dayo Ojo volley from yards out. Nice attempt by the Sunshine star man of the match.
63′ Nzube is cautioned by the referee after a dangerous tackle on Dayo Ojo. He could have been sent off there as he’s currently on a yellow card.
60′ Sunshine Stars 0 – 0 Enyimba
59′ Sunshine SUB Dele Olorundare OUT Luther Iyorhe IN
58′ CHANCE! Emmanuel Sunday curls a beautiful strike after a nice build up play from Sunshine stars but goalie Femi Thomas makes a fine save.
58′ Another SUB Enyimba! Musa Najere ON, Ifeanyi George Out
55′ Enyimba defender Uche John is cautioned for a strong tackle on Olorundare Dele.
52′ SUB! Enyimba brings in Kingsley Sokari and takes out Ahmed Kone.
50′ GLORIOUS CHANCE! Enyimba breaks away on the counter and Mfon Udoh tees up Ifeanyi George but the goalkeeper Shuaibu John produces a fine save to deny the Enyimba man. The Peoples Elephant have started the second half very strong.
47′ Half Chance! Olorundare Dele heads over from a Abe Sunday cross.
46′ Sunshine stars gets the second half underway.
45+2′ HALF TIME: Sunshine Stars 0 – 0 Enyimba. Very entertaining first half. Baseline record artiste Skales now performing live at the Teslim Balogun stadium.
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