Plateau United Football Club of Jos has landed safely in Tunisia ahead of the return leg, second round preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League against four time winners, Esperance of Tunisia this Saturday.
The thirty-seven man contingent which touched down few minutes after four Tunisian time, at the Carthage International Airport, Tunis aboard a Turkish Airline was led by the Plateau State Commissioner for Youth and Sports , Daniel Dung Dalyop in company of his predecessor, Victor Lapang and the club’s General Manager, Pius Henwan.
Virtually, all the players that featured in the first leg in Abuja made the trip , except for Douglas Eru who was dropped for Mustapha Abdullahi for tactical reasons.
After assuring soccer loving Nigerians that he will present an attacking formation against the Tunisian powerhouse , Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu may alter the team in order to realize that objective.
Plateau United who have not gone beyond the second round of the African flagship club competition after two previous attempts , have set a target of qualifying for the group stage of the competition this season.
Plateau United need to avoid defeat to scale through to the lucrative group stage of the competition, a task which looks herculean on paper in view of the pedigree of their host.
The match comes up on Saturday at the famous Rades Stadium in Tunis.
