Kenneth Ikpahwore, the Head Coach of Team Delta football team has attributed his team’s 5-1 trouncing of Team Oyo in the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival to hard work.
Ikpahwore told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday after the match, that he was impressed with his team’s performance.
NAN reports that the game which started on a slow note eventually took a dramatic turn, after the Delta boys took the game by the scruff of the neck
The team had earlier won their first game through a walkover after the Abia football team failed to turn up.
“It gives me pleasure to say that my boys have done well, and have made me proud.
“They were able to put all that I have being teaching them in the training into practise, and they also listened to all that I put across to them during the match.
“The game turned out the way we expected it to be, but nevertheless we would not be carried away by our win as we hope to win our next game,” he said.
Ikpahwore added that his boys were able to put their acts together after a tentative start.
“We started the game on a sluggish pace and it seemed that my boys lacked confidence, I said a few words to them and they picked up the pace,” he said.
Omodiagbe Agbonmere, who scored a brace for Team Delta, told NAN that he was pleased with his performance during the match.
“I am very happy that my team won and we hope to do better in our next match,’’he said.