As Nigeria’s flagbearer on this yr’s CAF Ladies Champions league, Edo Queens FC, put together for his or her semifinal cracker on Tuesday, Chairman of Edo Sports activities Fee, Yusuf Ali is predicted to hit Morocco at this time to ginger the gamers to victory.
Edo Queens, who got here from behind to get rid of the defending champions, Mamelodi Sunset Girls of South Africa to high their group, will play in opposition to TP Mazembe of Congo within the first Semifinal at this time.
If Edo Queens win at this time’s tie and go on to raise the trophy, they are going to carry over N1 billion to Nigeria. The staff is already assured N500 million by making the semifinal of the CAF Ladies’s Champions League.
Talking with The Guardian, Alli, an Olympian, mentioned he’s assured Edo Queens will stay as much as the expectations of Nigerians.
“The plan is to win the cup,” Ali mentioned. “I will likely be flying to Morocco tomorrow (Monday) for complete assist for the staff. We took loads of good gamers and camped them for over two months for the CAF Champions League. I’m not shocked they’re on this stage of the championship. I pray they raise the title to spice up girls footfall in Nigeria,” Yusuf Ali acknowledged.
The Guardian remembers that when Edo Queens certified for the CAF Champions league, they had been rewarded with N100,000,000. Edo Queens received the Nigeria Ladies’s Soccer League (NWFL) for the primary time this yr. In the event that they win the continental Champions League title, they would be the first Nigerian staff ever to take action.
