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Bendel Insurance defeated Enugu Rangers 1-0 to win the 2023 Federation Cup

June 22, 2023 2:30 AMImade Osarenkhoe’s penalty on the stroke of halftime proved enough to earn Insurance a first major title in 43 years.

Insurance are prodigious for their defensive discipline, which saw them finish the regular season of the Nigeria Professional Football League undefeated.The Edo-based club looked nigh impregnable against the Flying Antelopes, and Amas Obasogie, the goalkeeper, cleaned up any threat that squeezed past the stingy defence.

The referee pointed to the spot, and Osarenkhoe sent Detan Ogundare, Rangers goalkeeper, the wrong way.Monday Odigie’s boys held on for the victory and secured Insurance’s first Federation Cup triumph since 1980 when they defeated Stationery Stores in the final.

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