The first leg quarter-finals in the on-going Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL) will today go ahead across four centres.

In Lagos, the UNILAG Marines will attempt to put themselves in a vantage position as they tackle the AAUA Luminaries going into the second leg.

The Marine Boys led by Coach Ogunsemore qualified for this stage by defeating the FUTA Tigers on a 3-0  aggregate while yhe Luminaries defeated 2019 semi-finalist OAU Giants on away goals rule.

Meanwhile, UNN Lions have an uphill task against the UNIBEN Royals when both teams square up in Enugu.

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The Royals has shown their determination from the beginning of the season as they ended up as one of the highest goal-scoring teams in the tournament. They  ousted defending champion UNICAL Malabites on a 4-3 aggregate.

Speaking ahead of the match, coach of the UNN Lions Ike Chijoke said his side  will not be deterred by the pedigree of the Benin boys as the team is focused on qualifying for the next stage.

“We have prepared very well. We know that the UNIBEN team is good but in the game of soccer, it is a game of eleven men playing on both sides. We are working on our areas of deficiencies and we assure our fans that we will do our best to qualify for the next stage.”

In other matches, the maiden champion of HiFL, UAM Tillers will play UNIMAID Desert Warriors in Markurdi while UNILORIN Warriors tackle FUTMinna Transformers in Ilorin.