- Safiu Kehinde
The 2024/2025 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) begins with a stalemate as El-Kanemi Warriors held defending champions, Enugu Rangers in 0-0 draw at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium today.
El-Kanemi Warriors travelled to Enugu for the league openers against the 2023/2024 season champions.
Both sides endured a frustrating first half as they failed to find the back of the net.
The game progress to second-half where El-Kanemi’s Jacob Jonathan came close to put the visitors on the lead in the 66th minute.
His effort was blocked by the Flying Antelopes’ goalkeeper, Japhet Opubo.
Rangers substitute, Bashir Usman, tried to break the deadlock in the 77th minute, but his attempt from close range is palmed away to safety by El-Kanemi’s keeper, George.
Again, George pulls off a big save towards the end of full-time as he denied Ifeanyi Onyebuchi’s headed effort from a corner kick.