Etim Matthew – :: Onward News 24 :: https://www.onwardnews24.com ... Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:20:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 ‘Akwa United have shown how to beat the best in the league’ – Matthew https://www.onwardnews24.com/akwa-united-have-shown-how-to-beat-the-best-in-the-league-matthew/ https://www.onwardnews24.com/akwa-united-have-shown-how-to-beat-the-best-in-the-league-matthew/#respond Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:20:24 +0000 http://www.onwardnews24.com/?p=5585 Defender Etim Matthew believes that leaders Akwa United are the favourites going into the Nigeria Professional Football League match with Adamawa United on Saturday.

The Promise Keepers host Adamawa United at the Nest of Champions and the Nigeria international insists that his men should be considered the team to beat.

“Favourites to win the game? Us. It’s hard to pick a favourite in a game, but playing at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, we’re favourites because we’re at home,” he said.

“We’ve already shown how to beat the best in the league. We have to be ourselves and fight, sweat blood and tears, give our all.

“We have to play our game. They have talented players, but we’re fearless.

“We aren’t scared of them. We’ve already beaten in Gombe. An Akwa United player must never be scared.

“The gaffer works and studies all the details. Kennedy Boboye speaks from his heart and knows how to get the best out of his players.

Etim Matthew has become an everpresent member of the Akwa United backline this season.

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Akwa United defender Etim Matthew believes that it would be a special win if his side are able to beat Heartland at the Nest of Champions when the two sides clash in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) week 26 on Thursday.

The Promise Keepers have picked 31 points from their last 15 games which has left them in 2nd position, two points behind leaders Kano Pillars who lost 2-0 to Rivers United on Wednesday.

A win against the Naze Millionaires will catapult Akwa United to the top of the log.

Speaking to newsman ahead of the game with Heartland on Thursday, the Nigeria international said: “It would be important to win, it would be something special for the whole team.

“We know we have the ability to have a great game against Heartland and we’re performing well in the league so we have to take advantage of it.

“The league is quite long and even though there are many contenders, we cannot discuss about it right now. We’ll see at end of the season.”

Finally speaking about coach Kennedy Boboye, he said: “We are all involved in the project and we firmly believe in it because we have full confidence in our coach.”

Etim Matthew who has three caps for Nigeria lists Kaduna United and Rangers as his former clubs.

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