.Olukoya Boys back on top
.Odey nets 14th goal of the season
Mountain of
Fire and Miracles Ministries FC bounce back from last weekend defeat with a 3-0 emphatic win over visiting
El-Kanemi Warriors in one of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)
Matchday 18 encounter played at the Soccer Temple, Agege Stadium.
MFM FC made
seven changes to the team that lost to Nasarawa United last Matchday and the boys lived up to expectations with a
big win. The fans were thrilled with good football and the Olukoya Boys claimed
another home win.
The hosts
wrap up the game with three goals under 25 minutes in the first half with
Ogunye Austine, Olatunbosun Sikiru and NPFL leading top scorer, Stephen Odey
netting a goal each.
A fierce
counter attacking move orchestrated by Onuwa Chukwuka in the 20th minute of the
exciting match saw Ogunye scoring the homers first goal off a goal-mouth
scramble.
Olatunbosun
doubled the for the Olukoya Boys seven minutes after the opener with a
left-footed strike after connecting a lovely pass from Austine who was
unarguably one of the best performers in the game.
The visitors
put themselves together and dominated the game for few minutes. They went
forward in search of goal but all their efforts were thwarted by the home team
defenders with Opara Austine, Monsuru Bashiru, Okorom Stanley and Julius
Emiloju doing a yeoman's job with great defending.
El-Kanemi
player, John Aguda upended NPFL's top scorer inside the box in the 44th minute
of the exchange when he was about to latch on to a pass from Olatunbosun and
the center referee pointed to the spot. Odey stepped up and converted the spot
kick.
The second
45 minutes didn't see a lot of action from both teams. MFM FC combined well
with good passage of play but the Borno-based team defenders were resolute with
there defending and made life difficult for the Olukoya Boys with timely
tackles.
After 90
minutes,coach Fidelis Ilechukwu and his
wards secured the maximum points. MFM FC are now back on top of the Nigerian
topflight table with 33 points from 18 matchdays.
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