The two wildcard teams at the Naija Super 8 tournament, Sporting Lagos and Akwa United, will today face each other in the second semi-final match of the tournament at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos at 4:30pm.
Sporting Lagos booked their semi-final slot on Wednesday, after beating Katsina United, 1-0 in the last group A match. The Paul Offor boys qualified as group winners with seven points. Remo Stars and Katsina United were tied on four points and goal difference, but Remo Stars qualified as runner-up, having scored more goals than Katsina United.
In his post-match press conference, Sporting Lagos coach, Paul Offor, said the fans should expect an exciting match against Akwa United.
“We are just enjoying ourselves. The objective for the season has been achieved, which is to qualify for the Nigeria Premier Football League(NPFL), “ he said.“ This tournament is just a test for us of how the Nigeria NPFL is.
“The fans should expect good football against Akwa United. I’m lucky to have played against a coach like Finidi George and tomorrow, we will be playing against another top coach, Fatai Osho.
‘No pressure on us, we are just enjoying ourselves. We are not thinking of the trophy right now. If we win the next match, then we can begin to think about that,” he added.
In the first semi-final, Group B winners, Lobi Stars, will square up against Remo Stars at 2pm. The Naija Super 8 final will be held on Sunday, with the kick-off set for 5pm. In addition to N3 million earned for each Group match, the winner of the tournament will receive N25 million, while the runner-up will get N9 million.
Naija Super 8 is organised by Flykite Productions in partnership with MultiChoice Nigeria and sponsors, MTN, Hero Lager, DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, Moniepoint, Pepsi and Custodian Assurance.