Rivers United have been equipped for the CAF Champions League in front of Enyimba despite losing their last round of the period in the Nigeria Professional Football League on Thursday.
The Garden City group lost 1-0 to Sunshine Stars in Akure and would have completed in a far-off 6th position.
Nonetheless, they were granted three focuses and three objectives by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) disciplinary board of trustees on Thursday over a contested match against Jigawa Golden Stars where the Dutse-based club handled an indecipherable player.
This ‘help’ from the NFF currently sees Rivers United completion in the second position simply behind the all-around delegated champions Akwa United.
“Given the prior, Jigawa Golden Stars FC will relinquish 3 focuses and 3 objectives to Rivers United FC in regard of the match, for handling an ineligible part in the break of C5 of the NPFL Rules,” the NFF Disciplinary Committee said in an explanation gave on Thursday.
Rivers United very much like Enyimba collected 66 focuses from 38 games however they piped
the reigning champions’ civility of a predominant objectives contrast.
The People’s Elephant along these lines finished the mission in the third position which promises them just a spot in the CAF Confederation Cup and sees Kwara United pass up a mainland ticket.
A heartbreaking Kwara United who thought they had protected a mainland ticket with their complete 3-0 success over Katsina United in Ilorin have now been taken to the fourth position.
Somewhere else, Heartland, Abia Warriors, Sunshine Stars, and Wikki Tourists all got away from the assignment in the wake of recording indispensable successes at home.
On their part, the triplet of Warri Wolves, FC Ifeanyi Ubah, and Adamawa United will crusade in the lower division next season
