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A 74th minute own goal from Emmnuela Unagbu ensured visiting Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt picked all 3 points to extend their unbeaten run to four matches as actions resumed in the Nigeria Women's Football League with match day 4.
The
game which was played at the Jolly Nyame stadium had a heavy down pour which
made it difficult for both teams to get clear chances in the first half of
play.
However,
the 2014 NWFL and Federation Cup holders kept on with the pressure as a Mabel
Effiom’s corner kick was flicked in by Emmanuela with goalkeeper Juliana Duru
unable to stop it.
After
the game, assistant coach of Rivers Angels, Whyte Ogbonda praised the efforts
of the girls.
“Yes
the players, they tried their best yesterday considering the fact that there
was a heavy down pour and the pitch was flooded which did not allow the game a free
flow football but by the end of the day we were able to play good football and
I think the both side gave good account of their selves” Whyte said.
“But
in the aspect of Rivers Angels, I think they played well because the game was
played in the opponents half all through the duration of the 90 minutes” He
added.
On
his part, Technical Adviser of Taraba Queens, Adewale Olatunji admitted the
game was a good one but said he had a great task ahead of him.
“It
was a very good them because both teams played, but you know when you play
inside the rain you expect anything to happen; yes they got the goal
disadvantage of me and there’s nothing you can do, we tried to fight back and
pick the ball to launch some attack but there’s nothing you can do about that”.
“It’s
a very good match, the both team played, it’s a very good match, they put in
their best” he said .
“This
one is a big challenge in front of us now and we have to go back to the drawing
board and you know we’re traveling to Akure and we want to see if we can pick
something out of it and come back home and we await COD before moving to Abuja,
we’ll try as much as possible to gather six or seven points by his grace so
that we consolidate our stand on the league table” Olatunji added.
Meanwhile,
Rivers Angels left Taraba this morning for Abuja where they’re expected to take
on COD ladies in the round of 16 clash of the Federation Cup on Wednesday.
In
other results played in the Nigeria Women Football League:
Capital
City Doves 1-1 Edo Queens
Pelican
Stars 1-0 COD Ladies
Nasarawa
Queens 1-0 Sunshine Queens
FC
Taraba Queens 0-1 Rivers Angels
Martins
White Doves 0-6 Delta Queens
Bayelsa
Queens 1-0 Ibom Angels
Confluence
Queens 1-1 Osun Babes
FC
Robo Queens 3-0 Adamawa Queens (W/0)
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