In the spirit and mood of festivity, Delta Force FC of Ogwasi-Uku feasted on all points available as they overcame Abeokuta Landlords by a lone goal to appreciate on the Southern B conference table of the Nigerian National League.
Sunday Okoh’s boys came into the game knowing how important a win will be as far as the club’s ambition and goal at season’s end is concerned, made their intentions known to their visitors early on with a barrage of offenses that didn’t yield any dividend.
That was forgotten as break-through came in the 19th minute when the tormentor in chief of Nilayo FC, Ezeh Ekwutosim was upended clumsily in the opposition box and the match arbiter wasted no time pointing to the spot. An honor of which captain fantastic, Tosin Adegbite, obliged sending Goalkeeper Ikenna in Nilayo FC post the wrong way to open the scoring. Advantage Delta Force.
Ekene Osuigwe could have doubled the lead before halftime when found unmarked by a sweet searching ball from Azeez Godwill but fluffed his lines at the moment of truth. That was as good as it got in the first half.
The second half started with the away side pilling up the pressure in search of parity. But were restricted to speculative shots from distance. During the closing stages of the match, Ihezuo Emmanuel could have put the game to bed when found with a delicate cross from Osuigwe but in a situation that was easier to score than miss, the striker went for the more difficult option; miss. Luckily for him, few minutes after that, the referee ended the match as a contest. The home side with all 3 points.
Up next for Delta Force FC is a short trip to Rojenny Oba in Anambra State to take on Nnewi United in Matchday 11 of the NNL.
