Newly promoted Bendel Insurance made a bold statement on their return to the Nigeria Premier Football League with a stunning 2-0 win at Akwa United in the 2022/23 season opener at the Nest of Champions in Uyo, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
“NPFL is a big and tough League. Irrespective of the result in our favour, we are going back to work on our weakness and strengthen the boys mentally. Our opponents were more tactical and experienced. Faith just smiled on us and we took our chances, and were also lucky to go away with the 2-0 victory. We will go back to prepare better ahead of stronger challenges,” Odigie said.“We made a lot of mistakes and the god of soccer was not on our side. First and home game loss is a wakeup call.
We were better in the second half but the damage was already done in the first half. No team is invincible. It depends on the response of the players. My boys are not bad. We only need to psyche the players up to be able to recover from the shock and face future challenges well,” Ayeni said.All rights reserved.
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