When Enyimba, hopped up on the commonwealth of an entire state, became the first Nigerian club to win the competition in 2003, and then repeated the feat the following year, it was seen as the end of a hoodoo, the breaking of a glass ceiling.
However, since that historic double, only once – Heartland FC in 2009 – has a Nigerian club reached another final.
As a result, Nigerian interest in the competition has slowly atrophied, as time and again the country’s representatives have failed to play a decisive role in the ultimate destiny of the trophy.
This final, however, merits closer observation.
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