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NWFL Premiership: Heartland’s Obi Ogbala unfazed with loss to Confluence Queens

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NWFL Premiership: Heartland’s Obi Ogbala unfazed with loss to Confluence Queens
By Saheed Afolabi
Head coach of Heartland Queens, Obi Ogbala isn’t perturbed with the club’s 2-1 loss to Confluence Queens in Edo.
Brilliant goals from Merit Offor and Daniella Fagbenro condemned the Owerri based side to a 2-1 loss away from home with their only goal scored by Chinedu Chinaka.
Ogbala refused to get carried away with the loss to Confluence Queens as he rather refocus his target on amassing six points from their last two games.
The gaffer believes the abridged group A have been intensed with unpredictable results with the Super Six playoffs ticket in sight, stressing that a bad first half contributed to the club’s loss.
“Well, we have two matches to go and my sight is on those two matches. I will not say my life line is on the home match, I actually want the whole six points. I know it’s not going to be easy,” Ogbala was quoted by Heartland Queens.
“And as being said given the unfolding scenario that the tickets could go to the wire. I want to recall the talks when the draws were made, people said Group A is nothing but it looks like the reverse is the case. Between the groups, you can see that Group A is proving more harder with the close markings and unpredictability.
“Like I will tell anyone who wants to know we are working towards achieving our goal of qualifying for Super Six be it against Naija Ratels, be it in our last match at Dannaz Ladies, our eyes are set on Super Six ticket. We are going to work hard to see how we actualise our dreams.
“No one goes to a contest with the minds to lose. From the onset, we agreed to achieve something for ourselves in Iyamho, Auchi, Edo state the home ground of Kogi Confluence Queens.
“We wanted to win, or worst case scenario, we pick a point which we were almost coasting home before the sudden winning goal. Our sights are being set on the future, so it was not that bad, I have taken it in good faith.
“After all, I have won a team outside, that’s football, we keep learning, pushing and making corrections to make sure we come out the best. You know if you work hard the result will tell, we really worked hard but we didn’t get the result.
“The players were not 100% there in the first half but after the break pep talk, they impressed, they tried their best, they proved a point, they wanted to win, they did exactly all we wanted them to do, they took the ball to the opponents but again against a team who wanted win to boost its Super Six ticket chances.”
Heartland Queens are now second on their group standing with 21 points from 12 matches.
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