MFM FC of Lagos yesterday showed glimpses of what their fans should expect at the 2018 CAF Champions League when they put up a gallant fight in the final game of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL ) Invitation Championship .
At the end they lost 2 -3 to CHAN Eagles , but they were just unlucky .
Enthusiastic fans , who had been witnesses to the entertaining football served by six of the biggest teams in the country in the last one -week , as usual filled the Sani Abacha Stadium , Kano, venue of the championship .
They were made to sit on the edges of their seats , as both teams chose the final game to advertise all the ingredients that have made the NPFL one of the best competitions in in Africa .
Rising star , Anthony Okpotu and Kingsley Eduwo gave the CHAN a 3 -0 lead in the early part of the game, but the Olukoya Boys showed the fight in them when they reduced the tally to 3 -2 with strikes from Jonathan Zikiye and Chuka Uwaga .
It made for a tense final moments as the Olukoya Boys sought the equaliser, which the national team was not ready to allow .
Sunday Faleye was rewarded for his heroics in the last group game against Enyimba, thus, securing a spot up front with Okpotu who was making his first start in the tourney .
Salisu Yusuf returned to regular suspects with Rabiu Ali , Moses Eneji, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi all returning to the fold but there was no chance for team captain , Ikechukwu Ezenwa , with Theophilus Afelokai in his stead .
Fidelis Ilechukwu stuck with the starting XI that secured the decisive 1 - 1 draw with hosts , Kano Pillars .
