By Kingsley uzowulu.
Heartland Queens fc yesterday at the Dan Anyiam stadium Owerri pip Ekiti Queens Fc by 1-0 in week 9 of the NWFL.
The match which started by 4pm under a Clement weather and a scanty crowd with the Owerri land ladies taking the kickoff.
Prior before yesterday’s match the Owerri side are 6th on the log with 8 teams and had garnered a paltry 5 pts , while the Biodun Oyebanji girls had 9 pts and are placed 5th on the log.
The Obi Ogbala girls despite dropping points in majority of their matches in the first stanza of the league believed they can still close the gap on the league leaders in their group and went into the match with all seriousness and were ready to get back their own pounds of flesh.
In their first meeting in the first stanza of the NWFL a 74th minute goal by Olaleye Kayode at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado Ekiti humbled Heartland Queens.
The visitors played with a lot of confidence and truncated every dangerous move made by the home in their area but it wasn’t long enough and in the 15th minute Saleh Blessing in her debut for Heartland Queens scored the opener.
The Ekiti landladies came out from their shell after conceeding a goal to fight back as they kept on mounting the required pressure against the home team, creating chances that were under utilised.
The first half ended in favour of the Owerri girls.
The second half saw the visitors with the kickoff as they showed more determination to redeem their image with some robust displays as well as having their eyes on target for a possible goal.
Heartland Queens pulled out Saleh Blessing for Johnson in the 58 minute while Ekiti Queens did a duo substitution.
Moments later two players of the visiting found themselves colliding with themselves as the went on an Arial battle, they were badly injured and which of course led to their substitution.
Towards the end of the match the referee awarded a penalty to the home team which was not converted to goal by the Owerri girls.
All efforts by the away team to equalize proved abortive as the solid back four for Heartland Queens maintained status quo.
