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Stella FC Underrated Sharks -Obuh …As Ivorians Fall 0-5 In Semi
Sharks FC of Port Harcourt has gotten a brighter chance to play in the finals of this year WAFU Cup, as it white-washed Stella FC, Abidjan 5-0 in the first leg of the semi-final match played at the Sharks Football Stadium on Sunday.
Speaking with Sport journalists, shortly after the match, the technical adviser of Sharks FC, John Obuh said despite the fact that they won, the game was tough, saying that their opponent fought like a wounded lion.
“Our opponent played their best irrespective of their short time training, they actually fought like a wounded lion”.
The game was a very tough one, despite the fact that we won convincingly, Obuh said.
Also speaking, the chairnma of Stella FC, Kaita Lamine commended Sharks over their impressive performances, adding that the players are co-ordinated.
According to him, the major reason why they lost was that majority of their good players are injured and did not come for the match.
“Why we lost was because most of our good players had injuries and they did not play”.
Lamine expressed confidence that his team would beat Sharks for the return leg, but not sure whether they can win them up to that goal margin.
I am not sure that we can win upto that goal margin, because that 5 goals is much for us to cancel”.
Meanwhile manager of Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt, John Obuh said visiting Stella FC of Cote’d Ivoire underrated the strength of his team in the Ist leg, 3rd round of the West African Inter Club competition played on Sunday.
Speaking to sportswriters after the match in an interview, Obuh said the visitors played for a draw in order to finish off the game in Abidjan.
Obuh, however, commeded the calm and disciplined play o his boys which ensured the huge scoreline.
“My boys played with discipline and calm which resulted in the scoreline and I must commend them for their performance.
The Ivorians actually played to finish us off in Abidjan, they forget that football is here and now”, he said.
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England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
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