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 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.
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 a free flow of the game but by the end of the day we were able to play good football and I think the both sides gave good account of themselves” 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.
“ both teams played well, but you know when you play inside the rain you expect anything to happen; yes they got the goal advantage 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, both team played well, it’s a very good match, they put in their best” said Olatunji.
“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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