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NWFL Super 6: Edo Queens’ fires Wemimo Matthew as Nasarawa Amazons, Bayelsa Queens’ win

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Actions continued on Tuesday in the Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL, Premiership Super Six tourney in Benin City.

In the day’s first game, Bayelsa Queens defeated Naija Ratels FC by four-nil at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium while Nasarawa Amazons pip Edo Queens’ by a lone goal.

Defending champions, Rivers Angels were held to a barren draw by Delta Queens.

Meanwhile, Coach Wemimo Matthew of Edo Queens’ has been fired by her employers the Chairman of Edo State Sports Commission, Mr Yussuf Ali told reporters following the team uninspiring results at the first two games of the tourney.

After her side’s defeat to Amazons, she said that she has performed well since joining the team while regretting the action of the club management.

She said: “The penalty they gave to Nasarawa Amazons wasn’t a penalty. We started well but it got to a stage the the girls got tired.

“Well, there is nothing bad about it. This is not the team I met here. Last year they were losing in the super six by four nil.

“During the league we played unbeaten for about ten matches. Last season the lost all their away matches but we were winning all our away matches.

“If they have any secret reason why they sacked me no problem. I didn’t get it wrong because they was a lot improvement in the team. I did my best and recruited 12 players from twelve clubs.

“We qualified for super six. We were the first team to qualify. I have done the best as any other coach can do. They took care of the girls like any other team.”

Also, Coach of Nasarawa Amazons’, Theophilus Danjuma, said that his side are coming to enjoy themselves at the play-off by utilising the opportunity having missed the last edition.

He said: “We are here to enjoy ourselves and show that we were missed in the last edition.

“I knew it was going to be a hard game because Coach Wemimo has always been my colleague in the national team and I know how to do things to counter what she has. It’s a game of mentality.”

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