Ekiti United Beat Madiba FC 2-1 In Last Match, Miss NNL Super 8 By Whiskers

Ekiti United FC on Sunday morning defeated Madiba FC 2-1 to complete second, one level adrift of Abeokuta Stormers within the Nigeria Nationwide League, NNL Southern Convention B3.

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Matchday 8 was concluded on Sunday morning after a heavy downpour halted proceedings on Saturday night as a consequence of a waterlogged pitch.

Madiba FC took the lead inside 10 minutes when Sunday Fadeyi transformed from the spot after Ekiti United goalkeeper, Adewale Makanjuola fell to his antics contained in the field.

The house aspect went in quest of the equalizer and it paid off with simply 5 minutes into the interval when Pius Chikodi tapped in from shut vary from Noah Odufu’s reduce from the left flank.

Each side needed to accept 1-1 at halftime.

On resumption, Ekiti United shortly settled into the sport however a heavy downpour introduced the sport to a halt as the middle referee stopped the sport within the sixtieth minute as a consequence of a waterlogged pitch.

After due session with the match officers, the remaining minutes of the sport had been scheduled to be concluded on Sunday morning.

On the restart, each groups looked for the winner however Ekiti United bought a late winner within the ninetieth minute from Ibrahim Sodiq collected a well-tailored cross for Segun Ajengele to ship the house crowd into rapturous celebration.

Ekiti United completed second on 16 factors, some extent adrift Abeokuta Stomers SC topped the group and certified for the NNL Tremendous 8 spot from Southern Convention Group B3.

Regardless of the victory, the pinnacle coach of Ekiti United, Kehinde Anjorin, the Group Supervisor, Adedeji Adu, and the captain of the group, Adewale Makanjuola expressed disappointment for lacking the NNL Tremendous 8 by only a level.

They famous that the slim miss was regrettable regardless of the huge assist given by the State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti FA Chairman, Chief Olu Oloworemo, Hon Deji Adesokan, and UK-based Lanre Ajayi when it comes to monetary rewards for gamers for victorious outings whereas the season lasted.

The quartet described the politics of the League orchestrated by some determined membership officers in connivance with some clueless match officers because the albatross of Ekiti United, emphasizing that Ekiti United would have topped
the Group B3 desk.

The highest group in every of the 8 abridged tables will contest within the NNL Tremendous 8 scheduled to carry in a number of weeks whereas the highest 4 on the finish of the Tremendous 8 can be promoted to the Nigeria Premier Soccer League subsequent season.

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