By Kingsley Uzowulu.
Heartland FC by Owerri in Tstadium a tie against Kwara Utd in week 34 of the NPFL took place.
The Naze Millionaires entered the match with the determination to earn the 3 points at stake after winning to support their two previous games against Kano Pillars and Rangers International FC respectively.
The team before the meeting against the Warriors of AFonja had accumulated 41Point and is 16th on the NPFL register.
Kwara Utd took the kick -off of the game through the jersey number 4 and went directly into activities clearly indicating that they were in Owerri for at least choosing a point.
The team led by Emmanuel Amuneke had a clear possibility of going in front of the first 3 minutes of half, but was filtered away by Surajudeen Lawal, they persisted while the duo of Emmanuel Charles and Anthony Omaka had not actually been used for the home team that had not actually been used that the home team continued to miseize the defense of the ball as he sent steps in the area. actually used by a home team that had not actually been used.
Visitors on the other hand arrived with a game plan to defend in the first half while they managed to stop and cut all the moves done by the home team to make serious damage.
The second half started under a heavy payment of the rain while Ilorin’s boys came out of their shell to launch a series of attacks against the Millionaires of Naze who almost led to a goal from Heartland FC.
The team based in Owerri pulled Isaac out for Chukwuma Agor in the middle of the second half, visitors were not excluded as they also made 2 changes to strengthen their team.
Aphonja Warriors assumed the midfield with the introduction of their replacement and continued to launch the requests against the home team, but goalkeeper Kelvin Ogunga was always there to save the situation for the finalist of the Caf Champions League.
Much later in the game, the technical crew of the home team made a tripartite change when Joel Okoro, Benjamin Victor and Daniel Ekpo entered to replace Anthony Omaka and the promise tired of helping to press their research for the 3 points at stake at home.
Heartland FC continued to assemble the pressure requested against their opponent and had clear opportunities in the face of the goal even when the visitors’ goalkeeper was at the mercy since all the efforts of net in clear a goal proved to be abortion.
The referee distributed 4 minutes more after full time, but the kids at the house could not do much until the refreshing of the referee’s Whitsle for the end of the game.
Heartland FC will now be on the road to Nasarawa Utd on their ground adopted in Gombe while the NPFL gradually reaches the climax.
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