Monday, 24 April 2023

Ogunbote attributes 3SC good run to hard work

 

Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan Head Coach, Gbenga Ogunbote has attributed his team’s good run of recent in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) to hard work.

Oluyole Warriors defeated Gombe United 3-0 in a Matchday 15 tie decided at the Lekan Salami Stadium on Sunday to take their unbeaten run to five.

Goals from Malomo Taofeek (41'), Godwin Alao (47') and Douglass Archiv (65') gave 3SC comprehensive victory over the coach Aliyu Zubairu tutored Gombe United.

The result moved the Ibadan-based outfit to the fifth position on the log with 21 points from 15 games .

Ogunbote said understanding between the players as well as corrections carried out on the grey areas noticed during the first round of the season are reasons why the team has been getting it right in recent times.

"There is no magic to it other than hard work, aside from that the players are getting used to each other and we noticed some grey areas which we tried to make amends to".

On the tactics adopted against the Savannah Scorpions, which resulted in the resounding win, the former Sunshine Stars and Rangers International handler responded.

"The players knew the importance of the game, we have four matches to go, no matter what happens, we want to finish on a high note, we need to finish in an appreciable position.

"If you look at the game, we were wasteful a little bit in the first half, the game would have been wrapped up in the first half, but be that as it may, it was a game of minds, the players wanted to win and thank God we were able to create chances and we were able to get three of those chance", stated coach Ogunbote.

When asked if a Super Six spot was still possible, the Oracle, as the gaffer is fondly called insisted that an appreciable finish at the end of the season was the main goal for now but added, "if it comes, we will take it".

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