Bendel Insurance FC Begin Premier League Campaign With Akwa Utd Test In Uyo

The 2022/23 Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) will lastly kick off on Sunday,January 8,2023 as scheduled with Bendel Insurance coverage Soccer Membership of Benin being friends to 2020/21 champions Akwa United of Uyo within the curtain raiser sport of the brand new league season.

The league is in abridged format as designed by the interim administration Firm headed by its chairman Gbenga Elegbeleye which obtained the nod of the Nigeria Soccer Federation and lastly that of the twenty collaborating Membership homeowners after points and disagreements between the League Organisers and membership representatives on the league format.

The remaining MatchDay1 fixtures earlier scheduled to carry concurrently with Akwa Utd-Insurance coverage sport have been rescheduled to carry on Sunday, January 15,2023 throughout the varied centres nationwide.

The Akwa United and Bendel Insurance coverage sport is scheduled to kick off at 4Pm on the Subsequent of Champions pitch of Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in Uyo.

The sport which can also be anticipated to be streamed dwell on terrestrial TV, Bendel Insurance coverage fb TV and YouTube,little question will entice a big followership and the esteemed presence of the NFF president Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and IMC Chairman, Sunday Elegbeleye in Uyo.

The Benin Arsenal will likely be assembly their Sunday sport hosts Akwa Utd for the primary time since 2008 earlier than their relegation to the NNL.

Insurance coverage returned to the premier league in 2019 after ten years in relegation however weren’t in the identical group with Akwa Utd within the abridged League which was not beneficial to all of the 4 promoted golf equipment because the Benin Arsenal instantly returned to the second tier League.

The Benin Arsenals are once more made to play in one other abridged format this season however have been working onerous and have fortified their facet in a bid to keep away from a repeat of the 2019 setback.

Insurance coverage have up to now registered about thirty gamers to start the brand new season with a mix of enterprising younger and skilled gamers as they aimed to retain their new standing as Nigeria premier league membership.
They parade the likes of Imade Osarenkhoe, Iyeanyi Okorogha, Divine Nwachukwu, Benjamin Tanimu and Sunday Anyanwu who had been among the many greatest gamers and highest objective scorers within the final season of the Nigeria Nationwide League (NNL).

The Benin Arsenals now have some skilled NPFL gamers of their fold together with Austin Ogunye,Ebuka Akobundu each signed from Sunshine Stars; Osas Okoro(Nasarawa utd);Micah Ojodomo and Julius Emiloju (MFM) and Ebeneza Odeyrmi from Gombe Utd amongst others.

Insurance coverage FC are higher ready this time for the premier league rigours by coach Monday Odigie who returned from examine go away to take the staff again to the highest flight league for the second time between 2018 and now. Coach Odigie left the membership after the 2019 for examine overseas and returned in 2021/22 season and instantly guided the Benin Arsenals to the NPFL once more.

In accordance with the Insurance coverage Technical Director Monday Odigie, after his staff defeated Rangers Worldwide FC of Enugu within the NPFL-Dozzy Tremendous Cup preseason match in Lagos,” Bendel Insurance coverage FC is figure in progress. We’re nonetheless constructing and with God serving to us we are going to produce a formidable staff that won’t solely vie for NPFL titles however one that may intimidate massive groups at CAF competitions. We aren’t there but however it’s our want to construct a strong staff.”

Insurance coverage completed as greatest and champions of the Nigeria Nationwide League NNL marketing campaign final 12 months and they’re within the premier league to combat for a everlasting keep and as properly vie for honours.

Talking forward the Sunday sport,Insurance coverage stand-in captain Efe Enabulele mentioned,” We’ve respect for the 2020/21 NPFL champions however not afraid of our host or another staff within the League. We will likely be approaching the sport with confidence and power”.

However,Akwa United weren’t improbable of their final season marketing campaign as they had been in 2021 however that won’t make Insurance coverage complacent and underestimate the Promise Keepers who will likely be having fun with the cheers from their dwelling followers and different dwelling help.

The sport nevertheless guarantees to be explosive and produce out one of the best in Insurance coverage FC.

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