A solitary strike from Reuben Bala on Twenty-one minutes was all that was wanted by Rangers to dispatch hard-fighting Lobi Stars in a pre-season pleasant encounter at Awka Metropolis Stadium, on Tuesday.
Fielding his very best squad, coach Abdul Maikaba had Detan Ogundare between the sticks with Sani Shehu and Philip Clement as wing-backs and captain, Uche John and David Chimezie within the coronary heart of the protection simply as Emmanuel Charles was tasked with the defensive midfield function.
The trio of Ejike Uzoenyi, Michael Ibeh, and Naziru Auwalu took cost in the course of the pack with Reuben Bala and Elijah Ani tasked with discovering the opponent’s web.
As early because the eighth minute of play two alternatives had gone begging for the host as mesmerizing Uzoenyi had provided his trademark crosses that had been missed by his teammates.
However, there was no stopping the ‘Flying Antelopes’ when Naziru Auwalu launched a deep penetrating go that sliced open the customer’s protection to search out Elijah who laid a fragile go for Reuben to fit previous an out-rushing Emmanuel Daniel for the one aim of the encounter.
Alternatives fell for each side to attain extra objectives within the encounter as astute defending, high quality goalkeeping, and a few unpardonable misses from the attackers all mixed to rob the match of extra objectives.
