Congratulations to all soccer lovers in Nigeria, especially those that support local sports in the country, on the successful resumption of the 2021/2022 season of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL). NPFL is the highest league played in the country and is gradually gaining some masisve supports from Nigerians. The Akwa United FC were the winners of the 2021 league, topping the table with over 70 points.
Last week marked the first week of the #NPFL22 tournament and ten (10) matches were played across the nation and I wish to use this medium to highlight a few things that occured during the Matchweek 1.
First scorer
It is on record that the Qudus Akanni of Remo Stars, netted the first goal of the season. He opened the gatees in his team's 2-0 win against MFministries That was the opening match of the season #NPFL22 The math was played at Mobolaji Johnson Arena.
It could be so exciting to hold such record at the very start of the season. COngratulations to him and his team.
Week 1 result
The fitxtures of the Match Week 1 games and the scores shows that there were Six (6) wins out of the Ten matches that were played over the week. Out of the Six matches played, Four (4) were won by the home teams.
Week 1 Table
Following the developments in the match results, we saw the defending champions, Akwa United FC, still clinching to the top spot of the league table after winning their first hime match against Kanp Pillars with a solid Three goals.
It's just the first matches and it's too early to make predictsions on how the league standings would turn out at the end. It's a cool time to lend all the possible support for the teams to encourage the players to be at their best.
The Nigeria Professional Football league has come to stay and the fanbase ofh the teams are growing on daily basis. Thanks to the state governments and other sponsors for investing in sports, boosting the morales of the players and fans.
The League is officially covered by the League Management Company. The official handle of the company on facebook has a huge followership and I hope that in the near future they'll see the need to join Hive in response to the call I gave them.
All images drawn from the Facebook page of League Management Company
- Website: http://www.npfl.ng/
Thank you for reading.