AITEO CUP 2022 : Sunshine Stars Lose On Penalties To Kastina United, Exit Aiteo Cup

Sunshine Stars’ run within the 2022 AITEO Cup ended on Saturday following a slender penalty shoot out loss to Katsina United, after a 1-1 regulation time play on the Space Three turf Abuja.

The Owena Whales have been made to cope with some early setbacks within the form of a contentious opener by United and voided Samson Olasupo’s objective from Ejike Uzoechi’s rebound within the fifteenth minute.

Nonetheless the Emmanuel Deutcsh’s aspect precisely their dominance within the spherical 16 contest and finally grabbed a well-deserved leveller on the stroke of half-time by means of a brilliant-taking objective by Michael Olalusi.

Regardless of having the sport underneath management the Owena Whales have been fortunate to not have trailed once more earlier than the break because the Chanji Boys missed from a sitter in added time of the opening 45 minutes.

Sunshine Stars continued to dominate after the restart and Chigozie Chilekwu was near getting the Akure landlords in entrance with a deflected pile-driver on the hour mark.

The silky winger was once more denied three minutes later, this time by the goalkeeper who saved his shut vary effort from an Olalusi by means of ball.

In the long run the second half did not yield a objective and the perimeters couldn’t be separated after 90 minutes, nevertheless United progressed to the quarterfinals 5-3 on penalties.

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