{"id":27462,"date":"2022-06-02T03:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T03:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=27462"},"modified":"2022-06-02T03:52:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T03:52:04","slug":"lobi-stars-whip-kwara-united-3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/02\/lobi-stars-whip-kwara-united-3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobi Stars whip Kwara United 3-1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi on Wednesday defeated visiting Kwara United FC 3-1 in a 2021\/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 31 fixture.<\/p>\n

Reports have it that the match at the Aper Aku Stadium<\/a> saw the hosts scoring through Chinonso Okonkwo, Adams Olamilekan and Barnabas Imenger Jr.<\/p>\n

They scored the three goals in the 25th, 50th and 61st minutes of the game, while Samuel Tiza scored Kwara United\u2019s only goal in the 44th minute.<\/p>\n

Lobi Stars\u2019 coach Terfa Akombo later expressed happiness over his side\u2019s defeat of the visiting team.<\/p>\n

Akombo, however, blamed the first half goals<\/a> drought to his players\u2019 failure to take their chances until the pep talk durng half-time.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt fired them to up their game, resulting in two additional\u00a0 goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

He assured the team\u2019s fans of more victories for the team in the remaining matches.<\/p>\n

The coach said they would go back to the drawing board and correct the identified players\u2019 mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players<\/a> lacked concentration in the second half. If not, they would have scored more than two goals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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