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North meets South as Mailtantarki Care battle Madiba for NLO Super 8 title
By Wale Mustapha
The supremacy between North and South will be put to test on Saturday in Lagos when Mailtantarki Care FC will be taking on Madiba FC in the winner takes all Nationwide League One, NLO Champion of Champions.
In the final fixed for the Legacy Pitch, Lagos will see Mailtantarki from FCT Abuja and Lagos based Madiba in the final that promises to be exciting.
After five days of beautiful display of soccer artistry and some breathtaking goals scored by the eight teams, it’s now down to Madiba FC, who were unbeaten en route to the play-off final with 7 points, and Mailantarki Care who edged out FC Ebedei on a plus three goal difference, despite both teams garnering 6 points each from three group matches.
Both Madiba and Mailantarki Care needed their last group games to secure their qualifications to the epic final making the group phase of the 2022 NLO play-off lived up to the billing.
Madiba who had secured 6 points heading to their final game only needed to avoid defeat against Aspire FC. That the Oshodi based team did as they shared the spoils with Anambra-based Aspire FC.
Mailantarki Care had to labor for their final berth having seen FC Ebedei go top of the group with the victory against Smart City, but was saved with goals from Auwal Abba, Chimezie Gabriel and Miko Dalha to punish a wasteful Kun Khalifa side, who ended their Super 8 campaign with a point.
In the other group matches, FC Ebedei outsmart Smart City with Isa Musa Abubakar scoring the first of the game in the opening minute of the second half and providing an assist for Musliu Odekunle to finish off in the 81st minute after Wasiu Hakeem had got the equaliser in the 79th minute.
After finishing the play-off with 6points after they gunned down JNR Danburam 2-1 in their final game, Police Baretta were left to rue their none qualification to the finale, after the loss to Madiba FC in their second Group A match.
