Elegbeleye wowed with the smooth opening of the NNL season
Gbenga Elegbeleye, Chairman of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), says he is excited with the Match-day 1 results and conduct of the Nigeria National League (NNL) and that he was wowed with the smooth opening of the NNL season.
Elegbeleye says a good start is always important in everything such that one can work towards retaining the good record set from the start.
In some of the headline results from the matchday 1 games, Abia Comets defeated Edel FC 2-1 away from their home. Beyond Limits were forced to a 1-1 draw by Dakkada FC while Inter Lagos also drew 2-2 away at Ijele FC ground.
‘I am so happy with reports we got from the NNL league that just started. The NPFL should work with the NNL to ensure the leagues are evolving in a perspective that we will say it’s growing and now we have the league of our dreams.
‘We can go out there and win matches without undue favoritism for the home team. If you play well you will win.
‘That is the kind of football league that I want and the premier league is working on that. I’m sure if we go back to Nigerian football ecosystem, we will have a standard that all of us can be proud of and the Europeans will look at us and say there’s an improvement.
‘The consistency of keeping the league strong is that challenge before all the domestic leagues and this means we cannot afford to rest at all. We have to work, work and work to keep the standard at the expected level in all our operations,’ Elegbeleye said.
