Mountain of
Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club head coach, Fidelis Ilechukwu has described
Sunday’s Matchday three Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clash
against Lobi Stars a must win for his side.
The Olukoya
Boys suffered a 4-0 defeat to FC Ifeanyiubah in Matchday 2 fixture played in
Nnewi on Wednesday.
The
Lagos-based team gaffer, who was obviously unhappy with the result in Nnewi,
said that his side has no option other than winning the game against Lobi Stars
at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium in Lagos to pacify their fans.
"We
can't expect anything less than winning because we can't lose 4-0 and come to
our home and draw or lose. The thing here is that we have put the loss behind
us and concentrate on the next match which I believe by God's grace winning is
100 per cent sure," Ilechukwu said.
The Nnewi
born tactician has also taken full responsibility for his wards' 4-0 defeat to
FC Ifeanyiubah.
Ilechukwu
attributed the defeat to wrong selection and early injuries to two of his key
players in the first half of the encounter.
Ilechukwu
said: “For Wednesday's game, I have to take the blame because I introduced new
players to the starting line-up who didn't start against Niger Tornadoes and
that was the problem. I did that because of the marathon nature of the league,
so I decided to start new five players so that I can rest some players for the
next game but at the end it turned that way.
"Secondly,
in the first half, two of our players were injured and that forced me to change
the game plan by bringing in two players and the changes really affected my
tactics and game plan but at the end of the day excuses can't help the
situation. So I take the blame for everything that has happened and the loss
against FC Ifeanyiubah."
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