The Enyimba Sentinel
Market24 Feb 2031
Ethan Garcia is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Enyimba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 Feb 2031
Kelvin Akinmola in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Enyimba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Feb 2031
Chidera Micheal was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad24 Feb 2031
Bright Eze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bright Eze and Enyimba agree another 3 years.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
Jonathan Jacob gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
Kelvin Ogunga has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Enyimba will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Musa Omeruo was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Enyimba dressing room was either.
The dugout24 Feb 2031
Abdoulaye Touré knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Abdoulaye Touré trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Match22 Feb 2031
Enyimba and El-Kanemi Warriors cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. El-Kanemi Warriors came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Looking ahead Kelvin Akinmola goes back to face Bendel Insurance
- Squad A first team debut at 18 for Ndidi Ndidi
- Player ratings The one thing Ishaq Kayode could not do