Eguma Restates Commitment To Win NPFL Title

The Technical Manager of Rivers United of Port Harcourt, Stanley Eguma, says their ambition against Gombe United was to win and run away with the three points at stake but goalless draw was not a bad one.
He restated that his team had the potentials and capacity to win the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title, saying that the League is getting tougher and tougher.
This was contained in a recorded voice interview by the Media Offiicer of the Club, Charles Muyuku, and made available to Tidesports on Monday.
Rivers United played barren draw against their host, Gombe United on Sunday, in match day 18, at the ongoing NPFL.
According to Eguma, the team is not losing focus and they are on top of the log first half of the league.
“ I thank God for the game. The League is getting tougher and tougher. Our ambition was to win but we are not God and we can not predict what will happen.
As it is, we are taking games as they come. We are not losing focus. We are on top of the league in the first round of the league and we work to win the title,” Eguma said.
The technical manager, expressed joy over the goalless draw played, saying that it was a good birthday gift for him.
One good thing about the game is that today is my birthday. My players actually promised to give me a birthday gift by winning the game but we got a draw.
I saw their effort today, they made frantic efforts to win the game but a lot of scoring chances they missed, especially in the first half, they would have wrapped up the game,” Eguma stated.

By: Tonye Orabere