“The Peace Boys who defeated the four time winners 2-1 at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja last Sunday, are taking a slim advantage into this encounter after the North Africans got a vital away goal.”
A thirty-eight man contingent of Players, Coaches and other backroom staff of Plateau United Football Club of Jos are set to depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja , ahead of the return leg, second round, preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League against Esperance of Tunisia. slated for the Rades Stadium Saturday.
The Peace Boys who defeated the four time winners 2-1 at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja last Sunday, are taking a slim advantage into this encounter after the North Africans got a vital away goal.
However, Technical Adviser of the team, Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu said his team is going for an all attack formation in the second leg to enable it qualify for the group stage.
The team which is flying Nigeria’s flag in the Africa flagship club competition, have already set the group stage as its target this time around after two unsuccessful attempts in 2018 and 2020.
Virtually all the players that featured in the last encounter on Sunday are on the trip with debuntant , Jackson Eru the only notable absentee with Mustapha Abdullahi taking his place.
The team is expected to board a Turkish Airline with take off time set at 11:45pm Nigeria time, from there, they are expected to take another connecting flight to Tunisia.
The match which was earlier schedule for Friday, has now been moved to Saturday at the same Rades Stadium.
The winner of the tie over two legs will qualify for the lucrative group stage of the competition.