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Rivers United went about
their business of taming hard-fighting Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) in
brisk fashion on Saturday as they claimed a 1-0 win to continue their steady
ascent on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) log.
Odumegu needed less than
120 seconds to make his mark at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt as he
fired in a brilliant effort past the 3SC goalkeeper, 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 then, had to predictably come out of their
shells as the game improved as a spectacle.
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 goalkeeper, Femi Thomas in the
35th minute.
The second half was never
going to match the first in terms of excitement and sheer drama but Bernard
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.
Shooting Stars head coach,
Fatai Amoo did not attend the post-match press conference but his assistant,
Edith Agoye who did in his stead praised their conquerors for their success.
“It was a very good game
and both teams gave their all. Any side could have won it as we both had
chances.
“It was an open game and
the chances were few but congratulations to Rivers United,” he said.
3SC threatened fleetingly
but without any real conviction as the hosts saw out the game comfortably.
Eguma also addressed the
media in the post-match press conference.
It was a keenly contested
game. The two teams were very strong and 3SC gave us 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 we have to improve in the area of scoring
goals,” he said.
Rivers United have now
moved up to 13th on the NPFL standings with 33 points from 25 matches while
Shooting Stars is in 18th place with 29 points from 26 matches.
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