The Technical Adviser of Enugu Rangers International Football Club, Fidelis Illechukwu, has disclosed that the team was not under pressure to win the 2023/2024 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL).
Illechukwu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Enugu that the current Rangers squad was built around young players for the future.
“We are not under pressure to win the league title; it is those who want to win the league that are under pressure.
“For us, we are doing our thing, if at the end of the day it happens fine, we have a lot of young players we are working on for the future,” he said.
On the recent upsurge in the performance of Rangers in the league, the Technical Adviser said the team had an injury crisis in the first half of the league.
“In the first round we had an injury crisis especially in the defence line but now they have recovered, even now we have not started playing the new players we signed, ” he said.
He described their next opponent on Sunday, Kwara United, as a formidable team but said he was optimistic Rangers would triumph.
“Kwara is a good team no doubt but we are prepared to meet them at the Cathedral, and hopefully we will beat them come Sunday, ” Illechukwu said.
He expressed satisfaction with the massive support of fans at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium and urged them to come out on Sunday as usual to cheer the team to victory.
NAN reports that the Rangers are currently sitting third on the 20-man league with 40 points from 23 matches. (NAN)
