Rivers United Land In Madrid, To Face Malaga And Villareal In Pre-Season Tour

Rivers United are scheduled to play friendlies against Malaga and Villareal during the team's training tour of Spain as revealed by head coach Stanley Eguma.

“We will play Malaga and Villarreal,” said Eguma shortly after the Nigeria league runners-up landed in Madrid.

The trip to Spain is a fulfillment of the promise made by the Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike after they finished in second place behind Rangers in the league this past season.

The team departed Nigeria on Monday night and would be in Spain for 10 days.

At the weekend, Rivers United won the pre-season NPFL Super 4 tournament in Enugu ahead of league champions Rangers.

Both teams will represent Nigeria in next year’s CAF Champions League.