Pre season game: Nasarawa United, Lobi Stars Battle Rookies In Unity Pre-Season Quarter-Finals

Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) sides, Nasarawa United and Lobi Stars of Makurdi have arrange quarter-final duels in opposition to newbie division groups, Metropolis FC and Like-Minds within the ongoing Unity Pre-season soccer match in Abuja.

The match for golf equipment within the North-Central began on Saturday, October 22 on the Outdated Parade Floor the place final yr’s runners-up, Nasarawa United, defeated Mailantarki 2-0 within the opening match.

Nasarawa United then picked their quarter-final ticket the next day after one other hard-fought 2-1 win over Like-Minds FC with Obasi Dennis and Ibe Agu scoring in every half to make sure Hope Naala’s forty ninth minute equaliser served solely comfort goal.

The ‘Strong Miners’ will commerce tackles with Metropolis FC within the first quarter-final match slated for right this moment, 2pm on the Space 3 soccer subject.

In the meantime, one other NPFL facet, Lobi Stars who had been 1-0 winners in opposition to Metropolis FC on Saturday, subdued hard-fighting IB Desires 2-1 yesterday to arrange right this moment’s second quarter-final conflict with Like-Minds.

After a barren first half, Lobi Stars Technical Adviser, Mohammed BabaGanaru, launched examined strikers, Jerry Alex, Godfrey Utim and Mustapha Jubrin who piled extra stress on the defence of their opponents.

The sustained stress paid off within the 61st minute when former Kano Pillars man, Jerry Alex, broke the impasse from shut vary.

IB Desires’ seek for an equaliser suffered a critical setback as their goalkeeper conceded an personal purpose within the seventieth minute just for Lobi Stars’ younger keeper, Joseph Orya to additionally commit his personal blunder within the 76th minute which helped the ‘dreamers’ to cut back the deficit.

In different quarter-final fixtures billed for tomorrow, Mahanaim FC will slug it out with Setraco FC whereas EFCC battle Household Worship Centre (FWC) within the final match of the spherical of eight.