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NWFL: Rivers Angels Coach Expresses Dissapointment Over Loss
The Head coach of Rivers Angels FC of Port Harcourt, Edwin Okon, has expressed disappointment over his team 3-1 loss to Royal Queens of Warri in the match day 11 at ongoing Nigeria Woman Football League, (NWFL), on Wednesday in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the game was not a good one because this is the very team my team defeated 6-1 in their home ground, adding that, his players failed to play to instructions.
Okon, stated this on Wednesday in his post-match interview with sports journalists shortly after they last at home in the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Stadium, Port Harcourt.
He disclosed that seven of his players are currently on national assignments and that is affecting the team but by His grace the team will improve subsequently, saying that he will go back to the drawing board to correct the grey areas to bring back the image of the club.
“For years, this is the first time we have lost like this.
We were managing since those seven players left but today’s game was the worst.
Rivers Angels FC lost to a team that they beat 6-1 in their home is a very poor result but we will still go back to the drawing board to see what will can do to get good results in the remaining games.
I know we are going to qualify for the super six.
My players failed toplay according to instructions after all the talks in the dressing room” Okon said.
Also speaking the head coach of Royal Queens FC of Warri Franklin Arinze said his team is still work in progress.
According to him, when coming to Port Harcourt they planned to score early goal and they got it, adding that after getting the early they work harder.
By: Kiadum Edookor
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.