MATCH PREVIEW
NIGER TORNADOES vs SHOOTING STARS
Ayo Hameed
ONE LAST FIGHT FOR CONTINENTAL GLORY
This is it.
No second chance.
No calculator after this.
No “if” or “maybe.”
Just 90 minutes between Shooting Stars and a return to the continent after 28 long years.
CAF TICKET LOADING…
3SC are fully prepared for the final game of the NPFL 2025/2026 season as we face the Ikon Allah Boys — Niger Tornadoes.
The equation simple:
WIN… and we are back to continental football.
Oluyole Warriors currently sit 3rd on the table with 60 points, and destiny dey our own hand now.
And make we talk truth,
this time, Shooting Stars no wan just go CAF go represent.
We want to compete properly.
Enough of Nigerian clubs going to Africa just to disappear during preliminaries.
3SC history in continental football no be small thing.
The badge carries weight.
The name still commands respect.
AWERORO & THE BOYS – HISTORY CALLING
Coach Nurudeen Aweroro and his boys know wetin dey at stake.
Tomorrow:
- No draw business
- No sympathy football
- No “manage one point” mentality
Na all 3 points or nothing.
Against Majin Mohammed boys,
we must show hunger from first whistle.
YES… SOME BIG NAMES NO DEY
No Ayobami Junior and Tijani Al-ameen
The “London Boys” no available.
But despite injuries and absences, this squad don show:
- Resilience
- Teamwork
- Unity
And na those things don carry us reach this stage.
IKON ALLAH BOYS UPDATE
Niger Tornadoes dey sit 18th with 45 points.
Their inconsistency drag them enter relegation battle themselves.
But make nobody underrate desperate team.
At home this season, dem don score 4 goals twice, so if person no serious, wahala fit happen quickly.
Danger men include:
- Aziz Dalhatu
- Shehu Dabai
- Ahmadu Liman / Ismaila Sarki upfront
Though Shimagande Terdoo likely to miss the game.
Still…we no come there to pity anybody.
If dem dey fight survival,
we dey fight destiny.
FINAL TAKE (LETS GET SERIOUS)
All eyes on tomorrow.
Because one victory fit:
- Crown the team’s effort this season
- Bring smiles back to Oluyole fans
- Return continental nights to Ibadan
And to the players…
Understand this:
We still celebrate names like:
- Felix Owolabi
- Muda Lawal
- Segun Odegbami
Decades later because of what they did for this badge.
History never forget heroes.
So tomorrow:
Fight for the shirt.
Fight for the city.
Fight for your names.
Because if you bring back CAF football to the Brown Roof City…you will become legends forever.
It’s been 28 years.
Enough waiting.
Go and conquer. Up Shooting Stars always.
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