Enugu Rangers head coach Gbenga Ogunbote has disclosed that most of his players are either injured or tired ahead of their matchday 17 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clash against Enyimba.
The Flying Antelopes coach who spoke after his team defeated Lamrey United to qualify for Enugu State FA Cup admitted that he has been using injured players for matches.
“I was forced to introduced some of my injured players because we have played a lot of matches this week and about 16 of my players are down at the moment,” Ogunbote said.
“We want to win the trophy as we are hungry for it, so the players will still play with knocks,” he added.
This revelation is coming ahead of their highly anticipated Oriental derby against Enyimba in Aba on Sunday, May, 5.
The Aiteo Cup defending champions are leading Group A of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) with 31 points from 15 matches.
