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1-0 Win Against 3SC, Keenly Contested – Eguma
Technical Adviser of RiversUnited Football Club of Port Harcourt, Stanley Eguma, has said that his team’s 1-0 win against visiting 3SC was a keenly contested game.
Eguma who disclosed this in a post match press session held shortly after their victory at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium said that both teams were very strong and 35C gave them (Rivers utd) a keenly contested game.
“I did not expect an easy game. We had a very good first half but the second half was not quite as good”.
The most important thing was to get the three points but me have to improve in the area of scoring “goals”, Eguma said.
According to the media officer of the club, Sammy Wejinya, Shooting Stars Head Coach, Fatai Amoo did not attend the post – match press conference but his assistant Edith Agoye, who did in his place commended Rivers Utd for their victory.
“It was a very good game and both teams gave their all. Anyside could have won, as we both had chances”, Amoo said.
Meanwhile, the match saw Rivers United’s John Odumegwu make his mark as he fired in a brilliant effort past the 3SC goal keeper, Charles Tambe, but his furious celebrations were rudely abbreviated as the ‘goal’ was chalked off for offside. The united team and particularly, Odumegwu did not let their heads drop and due reward was to arrive 19 minutes later when the attacker bundled home from two yards out 3SC content with adopting the safety first approach before them, had to predictably come out of their shells as the game improved. Ajani Ibrahim should have levelled matters for the Oluyole warriors but he saw his powerful drive from 12 yards beaten away impressively by the United goal keeper, Femi Thomas in the 35th minute.
The second half was never going to match the first in terms of excitement and sheer drama but Benard Ovoke, a man slowly but surely returning to form, cracked a 25 yard rocket which was flying into the top right hand corner but Tambe did well to divert the effort away for a corner with 19 minutes remaining.
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.
Kiadum Edookor
