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‘Post-Covid-19 era will augur well for football’ - Abia Warriors’ Ngwaogu

Abia Warriors sporting director Patrick Ngwaogu believes football will change for the better when the Covid-19 outbreak has been brought under control.

The pandemic caused almost every professional football league around the world to be placed on hold following thousands of deaths recorded.

Italy’s Serie A was the first major league to be placed on hiatus after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte banned sporting events in the Lombardy and Veneto regions in February.

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Thereafter, La Liga, Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga as well as the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) were deferred after governments stepped in through the introduction of lockdowns.