By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
A defensive blunder by the Ikorodu City football club of Lagos state on Sunday earned the visiting team 2-1 defeat by Niger Tornadoes football club of Minna in the on-going EUROMATCH NPFL27 played at the Bako Kontagora memorial stadium, Minna.
The first goal came through Nafiu Obalowu, assisted by Wasiu Jimoh about thirty minutes into the first half excited the home boys, while the second goal through Bashir Musa less than fifteen minutes into the end of 90 minutes full time sealed the loss.
In a highly tensed and scrappy game, both sides played with so much vigour, discipline and tactical displays of football talents to the admiration of cheering club supporters and fans.
Ninety seconds to end of the match however turned out to be sad memory for Niger Tornadoes football team as the club's goalkeeper scored self lone goal within four minutes added time by the central referee, Abdulsalam from Zamfara state bringing the score to 2-1.
Speaking to Sports Writers shortly after the match, Chief Coach of Niger Tornadoes, Abdullahi Tyabu Umar expressed excitement that his team earned 3 points from the encounter, and attributed the feat to resilient and zealousness of his players.
Also speaking, the Technical Adviser of Ikorodu City football club, Mr. Bright Ozebagbe expressed optimism that his team will do better i future encounters.
While congratulating Niger Tornadoes side, Ozebagbe who explained that both sides fiercely battled for points with their respective tactical displays, said, "in every sports encounter, a winner must emerge".
