Bendel Insurance coach, Monday Odigie has conceded on the effect of fatigue on players praising thier clinical prowess in the nervy win against Nasarawa United today.
The tactician got the Edo based club promoted from the NNL and has since taken the 2022/23 NPFL league by storm beginning with a famous curtain raiser 0-2 away win against 2019 champions, Akwa United in Uyo.
Odigie spoke not only on the victory but also on the upcoming game against Enyimba who are also a good run of form.
“I’m just indifferent, always thankful to God, it was a difficult one especially playing two games in the space of four days is very demanding on the boys but it’s so good that we got the win,” he praised the boys.
“It was a very tough game because we struggled from the beginning till the end. You could see fatigue from the beginning to the end.”
“It will be good for people who run football in this country to try and consider these boys who play the game,” Odigie advised.
“We converted the only chance we got, football is a game of chance and Nasarawa is a tough team, they finished in the top four in the league last year if I’m right.”
“There’s no minor team, we played against a big team and we took the only chance that came our way.”
On the highly anticipated game against Finidi George’s Enyimba;
We always go back to correct the mistakes in every match and we look forward to the next one with some form of positivity.”
“It doesn’t matter who you are playing against, the most important thing is to play your game.”
“We look forward to a very stiff opposition and we hope we are able to get ourselves together and go there positive enough that we will be able to get a good result.”
