First it was special, now it’s boring. Insurance have gone from the adorable unbeaten team in the NPFL to a predictable team or even more direct, draw specialists.
Record holders for the most consecutive unbeaten games in the Nigeria Professional Football League, Bendel Insurance, have a mountain to climb ahead of their match-day four ties against reigning champions Rivers United in the ongoing 2022/23 NPFL Super 6 playoffs on Friday , as they seek to put an end to their streak of draws and also aim for the title, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
First, it was special, now it’s boring. Insurance have gone from the adorable unbeaten team in the NPFL to a predictable team or even more direct, draw specialists. Although they did enough in the regular season to make it to the Super 6 playoffs, their struggles have been laid to bare in the best-of-six contest in Lagos as they have drawn their three games so far, putting them in a difficult situation of becoming underachievers in the league despite their invincibility tag.
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