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NPFL: Rivers United Back In Winning Ways 

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Rivers United football club of Port Harcourt, yesterday at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium rekindled their hope of going for the 2020 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) tittle by overcoming Warri Wolves 3-0 in the match day 25 of the season.
After losing narrowly 1-0 to Rangers International in Enugu last Sunday, the coach Stanley Eguma tutored side has began the midweek encounter like a house on fire.
However, their pressure did not part off until the 38th minutes when Malachi Ohawume gave them the lead , the first of two goals in the match.
Briefing sports journalist just after the game Eguma attributed the victory as a good result.
He explained that, the game was a very tough game knowing that Warri Wolves is going to give them a tough time.
“It was a good result. I know that we are going to have a tough game today,” Eguma said.
According to him, they were playing a kind of compart game, adding that, the first goal motivated his players.
“In the second half we capitalise on their loophole and got the second and third goals. Warri Wolves is a good team” he stated.
Also speaking, the technical adviser of Warri Wolves, Evans Ogayi noted that no team is a pushover in the NPFL, adding that football would always be football.
He explained that, they came with a game plan but it did not work.
“I Congratulates my big friend, today, Stanly Eguma. Is not that we did not play well but we could not take our chances” Ogayi said.

 

By: Kiadum Edookor

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