BY
KINGSLEY UZOWULU.
Heartland fc of owerri today played a one all draw against visiting Bendel insurance of Benin in continuation of the 2024/25 NPFL.
The match which was decided at the Dan Anyiam stadium OWERRI saw the naze millionaires drawing the first blood in the 6th minute of the first half as promise ANYANWU finished clinically to put the team in front.
After conceding the goal, insurance players became a thorn in the flesh for heartland fc as they kept on mounting all sorts of pressures but the naze millionaires stood their grounds and maintained status quo until the end of the first period.
Upon resumption of the second half, the two teams fought like wounded lions with the insurance players desperate to come back in the match as they seized possession in the midfield and launched series of attacks that eventually paid off for them as they got the equalizer off a pass across heartland fc penalty area that caught the defense line up standing flat footed.
The introduction of Pius Eyigege and Joshua odo by the technical crew of heartland FC did not make any difference as the two subs in the second half could not find their form.
The naze millionaires are now placed 11th on the log and will now play two away matches against Akwa utd in uyo and lobi stars of markudi in lafia respectively to close shops for the end of the first stanza of the nigera premier football league (NPFL).
