Akwa United head coach Muhammed Baba Ganaru has expressed his satisfaction after his group secured a worthwhile level on the highway of their opening recreation of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) season.
The Promise Keepers held Lobi Stars to a goalless draw on the Lafia Metropolis Stadium, a end result that Baba Ganaru feels displays his group’s sturdy efficiency, regardless of the missed alternative for a win.
Chatting with reporters after the match, the coach mentioned, “We’re grateful to God for the one level now we have gotten right here in Lafia, however to be honest, we got here right here with a match plan to get all three factors, similar to we did final season, but it surely wasn’t to be.”
Each groups created quite a few scoring probabilities, however neither may discover the again of the web. Baba Ganaru remained constructive about Akwa United’s efficiency, noting, “In my normal evaluation, each groups performed very nicely and created plenty of scoring probabilities, however on the finish of the day, no purpose to point out for it. The positives from this recreation are that we performed nicely. If we didn’t play nicely, we wouldn’t have created these probabilities within the first place.”
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The coach, nonetheless, expressed some disappointment within the missed probabilities, significantly a one-on-one alternative within the dying moments of the match. “I’m not very blissful as a result of within the final moments of the sport, we had a one-on-one likelihood however [Uche] Mare didn’t rating, and that will have been the distinction.”
Baba Ganaru believes the anxiousness of enjoying the primary match of the season could have affected his gamers’ composure in entrance of purpose, however he’s assured they’ll enhance. “My gamers have to be extra composed in entrance of purpose, and we are going to proceed to work on our scoring skills and in addition enhance the boldness degree of the gamers,” he added.
Akwa United will look to construct on this end result as they put together for his or her subsequent fixture within the NPFL season.