FA cup Fallout: Victorious Heartland arrives Owerri today

Heartland boys lift their Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif in celebration © Shengolpixs

2011 Federation Cup Champions, Heartland FC of Owerri will today storm Owerri after it’s historic 1-0 win over Enyimba of Aba on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

The skipper of the Naze Millionaires and the scorer of the winning strike, Chinedu Efugh made this known to journalists.

“We are arriving Owerri tomorrow,” he said. “And we are coming to show gratitude to our fans and supporters for the belief they had in us while the Federation Cup lasted.

“I am overwhelmed with joy that after many years of waiting for a trophy, the club’s search became over this year. Scoring the only goal of the final will also be my focal point all the time,” a joyous Efugh said.

By virtue of the win on Sunday, Heartland thus qualifies for the 2012 CAF Confederations Cup competition which is a follow up to the 2009 and 2010 back to back campaigns in the CAF Champions League, but the People’s Elephant’s loss marked another futile attempt for Enyimba after ending as losing finalist last year to Kaduna United in the same competition.

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