Match Report !
MD19
Kwara United 1
Sunshine stars Fc 0
Emmanuel Egbole’s 14th minutes strike was all kwara United needed to pick maximum points against Sunshine stars Fc who fought hard at Ilorin Township stadium in a match day 19 elite League tie .
Edith Agoye’s men surmounted early pressure in the early minutes of the match clearing from the danger zone .
Stars eventually conceded in the 14th minute when Emmanuel Egbole shot from close range to give the home team the lead .
Moments after the goal Sunshine stars threw everything into the opponents half in search of an equalizer but were resisted by Kwara United’s defenders .
In the 40th minutes Yusuf Ibrahim was badly tackled in the vital area of the opponent with some section of the spectators stand calling for a penalty but the center referee waived .
The first half Ended 1-0 .
On resumption into the second half, Sunshine stars pushed for an equalizer same way they did in the first half
Yusuf Ibrahim, received a yellow card in the 59th minutes for a rash challenge on kwara United’s midfielder .
Edith Agoye made a tactical substitution in the 61st minutes , introducing Vincent Temitope and Lucky Nwafor.
The duo replaced Mafeng Pam and Suraj Ibrahim.
Again, in the 77th minutes Abdulaziz Ajagbe and Nelson Osahon were introduced as Nwani Ikechukwu and Opeoluwa Olufemi made way .
What would have been an equalizer came in the 82nd minutes when Lucky Nwafor had the chance to shoot but Kwara United’s defender cleared Swiftly .
Lucky was unlucky.
Efforts by Sunshine stars to get an equalizer weren’t enough as the match ended 1-0 in favor of Kwara United .
21 MUSTAPHA LAWAL
32 ISAAC EMMANUEL
3 RAFIU TAIWO
4 DUKE OSIMAGA
24 IWUNDU CHIDOZIE
16 ISIAKA MUTIU
9 IBRAHIM YUSUF
14 IBRAHIM SURAJU
29 NWANI IKECHUKWU
30 MAFENG PAM
20 OPEOLUWA OLUFEMI
RESERVES
1 DAVID ARIYO
28 DENNIS CHIGOZIE
10 ABEY SUNDAY
35 LUCKY NWAFOR
17 AJAGBE ABDULAZEEEZ
19 RICHARD CHRISTOPHER
13 NELSON OSAHON
33 DAUDA MUTIU
11 VINCENT TEMITOPE
Michael Akintunde
Media Officer, Sunshine stars Fc
@SunshineFCAkure