Double African Champions Enyimba FC of Aba will face Warri Wolves in the 2013 Federation Cup final billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium in ...
Double African Champions Enyimba FC of Aba will face Warri Wolves in the 2013 Federation Cup final billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on September 15.
The Warri club had to wait an extra day to confirm their place in the Cup final by defeating Akwa United 2-1 in the semifinal at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi on Thursday.
The Federation Cup semifinal between Wolves and Akwa United took place on Wednesday but had to be called off owing to heavy rainfall.
The score of the game stood at 1-1 when the centre referee Ago Abubakar called off the match on Wednesday with a little over 10 minutes to time.
Warri Wolves will be playing in their first-ever Cup final in Nigeria and now stand a chance of winning their first major silverware after the club was acquired by the Delta State government from the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA).
Enyimba, on the other hand, have won the Federation Cup twice in 2005 and 2009.
Over N4.5m will be shared in prize monies at the finals of the 2013 Federations Cup billed for Lagos on Sunday, September 15, futaa.com has reliably gathered.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)’s Director of Competitions, Mohammed Sanusi lifted the lid on the prizes available in a chat with news men in Abuja.
