Resilient Lions held firm to secure vital victory in a thrilling encounter
The selection
Three changes were made to the last eleven that faced Celecal stars fc two days ago.
Otaki tope remained in goal.
Romeo,Bonny and Imoleayo retained their spots in the back three, wingbacks Fisayo and Osasu also kept their place.
Bello Olayemi came in to replace injured Gbemisola Emmanuel, Lewey Abednego also replaced Adeyemi Adedayo while Defensive midfielder Segun Emmanuel kept his place at the base of the midfield, injured Ogundumila Opeyemi was replaced with Oladimeji Niyi with Akinloye Vincent also keeping his spot.
Early chance
Both sides started the early stages with great enthusiasm and we threatened first in the 4th minute when Victor Romeo sent a long ball forward from the back, Akinloye Vincent timed his run well to break the offside trap and got to the ball before the on rushing goalkeeper but the GK managed to block his goal bound effort.
Just 5 minutes later Sunday Osasu broke free brilliantly on the right and made a run into the opponent’s yard before sending a cut back pass to Bello Olayemi but the midfielder could only send his one time shot over the cross bar.
In the 18th minute Otaki Tope almost gifted the visitors the lead after letting a simple ball slip through his arms, the ball went on to hit the side post before Bonny intervened and saved for a corner kick much to the relief of the Gk and the technical stands.
We could have taken the lead in the 28th minute but for the heroics of the opposition’s goalkeeper after Oladimeji Niyi sent a square pass into the 18 yard box which was met with a fierce one time shot by Ilesanmi Fisayo which looked to be what would have been the opener until the goalkeeper made a last ditch save to keep it out for a corner kick to end the first half goalless.
Second half
A complete overhaul of the first eleven was made at the interval and could have manifested nine minutes after the restart when Dahunsi Tobi miscued a pass from Chinedu when he had just the GK to beat.
The breakthrough however came in the 73rd minute with Onome Adepoju being the architect, He went on a run on the right side before whooping in a cross into the opponent’s box which was met by a header from Okorie Chinedu to finally break the opposition’s resolute defence.
The lead could have been doubled immediately but the GK brilliantly kept out Dahunsi Tobi’s goal bound shot to let the lions claim the victory by just a lone goal.
What’s next
The boys will take a short rest and resume back to training on Saturday to continue preparations for the Bet9ja Ondo State Football League.
Wonderxchange FC: Tope(Emmanuel 46′); Bonny(Afolabi 46′), Romeo(Seun 46′), Imoleayo(Sunday 46′), Segun(Adedayo 46′), Osasu(Onome 46′), Fisayo(Omolade 46), Abednego (Joseph 35′)(Oloore 46′), Olayemi(Musa 46′), Vincent(Chinedu 46′) , Niyi (Oluwatobi 46′).
