Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Sahel fans stone Enyimba players, officials in training



By Rasaq Oboirien
IN a bid to demoralize players and officials of Enyimba FC of Aba, irate Etoile du Sahel fans hurled stones at Enyimba, reports NaijaSportsXtra.
The sad incident occurred during the Peoples Elephants final training session Tuesday night.
The two time champions who takes a 3-0 advantage into the 2nd leg fixture in tonight's crucial CAF Champions League tie in Sousse.
In a tweet and pictures shared on social media by Super Eagles spokesperson, Toyin Ibitoye informed that: "Irate @E_S_Sahel fans hurl stones at @EnyimbaFC players while training in Sousse ahead of today's crucial CAFCL tie."
Recall Monday night, Etoile du Sahel management failed to make available a team bus for the Aba Elephants, then forcing them to hire the city's yellow cabs to training from their hotel.
Mfon Udoh scored a hat-trick in the 1st leg meeting in Port-Harcourt to put his goal tally in the championship to seven.
The Aba Millionaires will be without suspended star midfielder Joseph Osadiaye, while they are sweating on the fitness of another midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu ‘Mosquito’, who has only recovered from food poisoning this week.
Tonight’s match in Tunisia will be handled by Moroccan officials while the Kick-off is 6pm Nigerian time.