Edo Queens Football Club of Benin-City will this Wednesday, February 15, 2023, commence the second stanza of the Nigeria Women Football League NWFL, for 2022/23 premiership season as they host the current group B leaders Nasarawa Amazons in an epic cracker at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin.
The Moses Aduku- tutored girls who have been on standby with 12points and 3rd on the table in Group B, are ready to play their hearts out to bounce back to winning ways having lost only one game at home to Abia Angels and winning two away matches against Ibom Angels of Akwa Ibom and FC Robo of Lagos.
As they battle the ladies from Lafia City, ‘Nasarawa Amazons’ in their first home game of the second stage of the Nigeria women’s biggest football event, the Godwin Obaseki girls will not leave anything to chance as they are physically and mentally ready to change the narratives in the race for the prestigious NWFL premiership tittle.
This battle between these two rivals is very important and crucial given the fact that both coaches are colleagues in the national team. It is therefore going to be an encounter where the technical and tactical knowledge of the two managers will be brought to bare.
Moses Aduku, is the first assistant coach to Christopher Danjuma, in the Nigerian U-20 Women national team.
Again, the importance of this match cannot be over emphasize, reason is that at the commencement of the NWFL 2022/23 abridged league, Nasarawa Amazons hosted Edo Queens at the Ape Aku Stadium Makurdi Benue State, Edo Queens lost that game by a lone goal.
This is why the Queens from the ancient City of Benin would not want anything less than three
points in Wednesday’s encounter.
Senior manager of Edo Queens FC, Moses Aduku, has praised his player’s qualities. The players are full of confidence they are heading in the right direction.
There is no doubt that both teams have some incredible quality players with good experience in the game. It promises to be an explosive encounter.
However, the Benin based ladies won’t leave any stone unturned as they see this epic match as the game of their lives.
It is important to say that since the emergence of the Bayelsa- born football tactician, Mose Aduku, Edo Queens football Club had witnessed a lot of changes in terms of play pattern, this is because every manager has his or her own system of operation. For Edo Queens, the team should be commended for adapting fast to the new style of play. They have all done fantastically well and still determined to do more and make the State proud by ending the premiership season with laurel an a ticket to represent Nigeria in the third edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League.
For the fans that will throng the stadium on Wednesday, they are confident and satisfied that every player of Edo Queens will play her sensitive role to ensure that the team secures the maximum three points.
Wednesday is a great day for Edo State football fraternity, because Bendel Insurance FC is expected to lock horns with Nasarawa United in NPFL Matchday 7 at 4pm, thereafter, Edo Queens FC will face Nasarawa Amazons at the same venue.
