NPFL: Finidi George applauds Rivers United’s draw with Shooting Stars

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The head coach of Rivers United, Finidi George says the encounter with Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) was a deserved draw.

Both sides played out a 0-0 draw in the Nigeria Premier Football League Matchday 27 match in Ibadan on Monday.

Rivers United maintained second position on the table with 43 points from 27 games.

3SC on the other hand occupy the third place with the same point and inferior goal difference.

“It was a very tough match we know how they play, I saw them play against Enyimba in Aba. They used a lot of midfielders with one striker and I was anticipating how it was going to look like as they were playing at home,” Finidi told Rivers United’s media.

“We used a defensive midfielder to support the defense and they went direct most of the time and the boys did so well to contain that.

“I’m quite happy with the point because it’s not an easy place to come it’s quite difficult I must commend my boys for the great effort.”

The two teams are 11 points behind leaders, Remo Stars in the race to win the league title.