Heartland Queens rue NWFL Premiership defeat against Nasarawa Amazons

Heartland Queens fell to a stunning 0-1 loss to hosts, Nasarawa Amazons in Wednesday’s NWFL Premiership matchday 2 clash at the Lafia City Stadium in Lafia, Nasarawa state.

The keenly contested match received the thunderous applauses of spectators who applauded the beautiful display of football artistry by both teams.

The only goal of the day came in the added minutes of the first half off the foot of Bibiana Odoh.

The contest got more fierce in the second half as the Owerri side pressed for the much sought after equaliser. The pressure almost yielded the right result in the 83rd minute when the lanky and strong built defender, Onyedikachi Ekezie found the back of the net through a brilliant header but the goal was chalked off by the centre referee thereby keeping the scoreline at 1-0 in favour of Nasarawa Amazons.

With the sore loss, Heartland Queens have dropped to the fifth position on the log while the conquerors, Nasarawa Amazons have climbed to the top on maximum six points.

Unfazed gaffer of the Owerri mainstreams, Obi Ogbala, however, praised his wards for good performances even though one point would have been just appropriate.

“It was a keenly contested game, my girls upped their game from the first match we played at home.

“Although the difference in a game is the scoring, who scores what at the end of the game.

“In fact, there’s an improvement from our last game. The match was not all that bad, I know the intensity of the weather and the ground as well as what we came here for.

“From the onset our match plan was to pick, at least, a point in Lafia but be that as it may there are positives we got from the match.

“Going forward we are going to look at the positives and improve more on away and subsequent home matches.

“We have seen how the league is going, we are not going to underrate any side, we are just going to focus on how we will be able to actualise our dreams for the season,” said the soft-spoken gaffer to Heartland Queens Media.

Next bus stop for the Owerri landladies will be a short journey at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba for the much anticipated first ever oriental derby against Abia Angels.

Heartland Queens Media