Aiteo Cup: Akwa United kwa United are champions!

Akwa United have emerged as champions of the maiden AITEO Cup after claiming a 3-2 penalty win over Niger Tornadoes in Sunday’s fi nal played at the Agege Stadium.
Th e AITEO Cup was formerly the Federation Cup and Akwa United coincidentally won the competition in 2015.
Sunday’s game failed to provide the fi reworks of a cup fi nal, but that nonetheless Akwa United did enough to claim the top prize.
It was goalless all through the 90 minutes and the game went straight to penalty kicks.
Th ough Tornadoes had the edge in the fi rst set of kicks, they failed to nail the game and thus paid dearly in the sudden death kicks.
With their win, Akwa United will get N25 million and would also be representing Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup.
On their part, Niger Tornadoes, who eliminated defending champions, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, to make it to the Lagos fi nal will get N10 million.
Premium Times

Leave a Reply