The final of the CAF champions league.
The grandest competitive stage that African football could offer any of its clubs and their players.
A tournament that the Ultimate Football System had to bend the rules for just to make sure that it's host participated in it.
To Sam, today was the culmination of his first season in professional football.
Today would likely determine if his first season as a professional footballer was below bar, average, or an overwhelming success.
All the football that he had been playing since January, it was all for this moment and he was definitely not going to miss his chance to seize it.
Sam was ready to lose himself in the energy of this incredible game.
FWEEEEE!
Immediately after the referee's whistle sounded, Enyimba FC started kick-off and from the first minute, they stamped their authority on the game.