By; VITALIS UGOH, Calabar
Chairman of Enyimba FC of Aba, Mr.Felix Anyansi was speechless midweek as the team narrowly defeated Nasarawa United FC at match day four at the on-going NPFL.
This the first maximum point for the team at the U.J. Esuene
Stadium this season after Heartland of Owerri grabbed a point off
the hosts penultimate week two
The Enyimba boss watched with disappointment as
his boys lost several chances until former Nigeria U – 23
winger, Dimgba Stanley flicked in a sizzler in the 79th minute.
The
moody Anyansi rebuffed several overtures by Sports journalists to
comment on the shaky start of the local season against the more tougher
Confederation Cup hostilities coming up barely weeks away at the Continental
scene.
The Solid Miners from Nasarawa almost picked a point as
Heartland while Enyimba was goal – shy to the consternation of
spectators and supporters as their kicks and follow-up pattern were warded
off by their lanky opponents at the rear.
Enyimba boys were lucky as the sports commission mobilised the local supporters Clubs of Rovers and Pelican Stars to ginger them to narrowly win the match.
The coaches of Enyimba, Paul Aigbogun and Nasarawa, Kabiru Dogo, acknowledged the efforts of their boys in the keenly contested match.
” We were under pressure to get the three points to improve our position on the League table and I thank my boys for the effort as they tried their best ,Aigbogun remarked”.
” Our game plan was to share the points hence I told my boys to be
conscious of the defence, but well, that is football, ”Enyimba took the chance that came their way due to loss of concentration contrary to
our match plan”.
we are going back with the hope that we can win our
next match at home against Rangers which is another big club’ Dogo explained”.
Enyimba will visit Port Harcourt for its next match against Rivers United according to match Day 5 fixtures
