The Nigerian Women Football League NWFL match-day four between Bayelsa Queens and Confluence Queens at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa lived up to its billing as an encounter with the trapping of a top class.
The Lokoja based side were quickest to settle of the teams as they carved open their opponent particularly in the middle of the field with intricate sleek passes and it was no surprise when Nkechi Agam scored the curtain-raiser in the tenth minute of a slack defending from the defenders of Bayelsa Queens.
The goal was the catalyst the Gloryland Girls needed to wake up from their slumber as the introduction of Anjor Mary for Charity Rueben quickly paid off when skipper Joy Jerry lashed unto a cross to level parity in the 43rd minutes.
The equalizer for Bayelsa Queens turned on the heat for the visitors when the Goalkeeper for Confluence Queens handled the ball of the foot of Anjor Mary outside the box in added minutes of the first half to get the red card.
The second half saw a more determined Bayelsa Queens using the numerical advantage to pin their opponent to their half of the field which resulted in the hacking down of playmaker Anjor Mary in the 63rd minutes for a penalty which she converted to send the crowd into rapturous jubilation.
Technical Adviser of Confluence Queens Whyte Ogonda was full of praise to his girls for putting up a hard fight and stretching a more experienced team. But stated that the red card really affected them in the second half.
On his part, Moses Aduku Coach of Bayelsa Queens started that his team is still a work in progress and bemoan the wasted chances. But thank God for giving them the 3 points which keeps them at the summit of the league table.
