Isyaku Ibrahim
Adokiye Stadium Port Harcourt will be the venue this afternoon as Garden City side Rivers United lock horns with visiting Kano Pillars popularly called Sai Masu by their Fans in continuation of Nigeria’s league
The duel is expected to be a thriller as the annual event is reaching its climax
Pillars with one match in hand against defending champions Enyimba who had a continental engagement, have nineteen points and are occupying the six position on the log while their opponents Rivers United are comfortably lying second on the table with twenty six points
As nobody could predict the outcome of the tie, anything can happen particularly at this moment that the level of officiating in the domestic event unlike previous occasions is vastly improving
Definitely the Pyramid City side could be able to spring surprise during the game although the host have a scintillating record at home
When Pillars engaged the Port Harcourt side last year at the same venue ,the duel ended one all draw while in the reversed fixture they defeated the Garden City side by a lone goal at Sani Abacha Stadium Kofar Mata
But in soccer as some pundits say bygone is bygone although in some instances history normally repeat itself
Thus, we should keep our ears closer to the ground to hear what will happen at the end of the match
Our prayers is for the match officials to be impartial umpires in the course of their judgements as it has been experiencing during previous engagements in the competition
Knowingly,this will help the growth of the round leather game across the length and breadth of the country
