It has been an awesome season for Kennedy Boboye and his Players achieving their first ever League success, the big question now is, can they move a notch higher to achieve the double? Nigeria Professional Football
League champions, Plateau United, have a chance to maintain their push to join
an elite list of clubs that have won the Nigerian double.
United gaffer, Kennedy Boboye,
led his wards against lower division campaigners, Akwa Starlets, seeking
to make the club the seventh to achieve the double.
Plateau United on Wednesday 13th September pulled up a resounding 2-1 win against the Akwa Starlets. The Victory over the second tier Akwa
Starlets has earned Boboye’s side a place in the quarter-finals and takes him just
two steps away from his first Cup final.
Speaking on their chance of winning the double, the victorious Boboye said: “Definitely,
it is possible. It depends on how we work towards it and we are working hard
for that.”
Interestingly, the only time Plateau United won the Cup was in 1999
after defeating Iwuanyanwu Nationale (now Heartland FC) in the final.
Truth be told. Akwa Starlets
must be ready for serious business.
The Uyo side may have scored six
goals in previous Round 64 and 32 matches, but this is their first real test in
the Aiteo Cup.
On paper United look good to
claim this, but the Cup race is indeed unpredictable.
RESULTS OF LAST 16 MATCHES PLAYED WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER
FC Abuja 0-0 Niger Tornadoes
Akwa Starlets 1-2 Plateau United
Ngwa FC 1-3 Sunshine Stars
Osun United 2-1 El-Kanemi Babes
Unicem Rovers 0-1 ABS FC
Akwa United 5-1 Shooting Stars
Ekiti United 1-1 Katsina United Feeders
FC IfeanyiUbah 3-1 Heartland FC