FC IfeanyiUbah claimed their first Federation Cup trophy
following a 5-4 penalty shootout win against Nasarawa
United on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium,
Lagos.
Olamilekan Adeleye, the younger brother of former
Super Eagles centre-back, Dele Adeleye, scored scored
the decisive spot kick for the Anambra Warriors.
Both teams who were playing in the final of the
competition for the first time cancelled out each as they
looked to win the trophy for the first time.
Bello Kofarmata came close to putting FC IfeanyiUbah
ahead in the 23rd minute but his effort was parried into
a corner kick by Nasarawa keeper Suraj Ayeleso.
Abdulrahman Bashir wasted a glorious chance three
minutes before the break when he was teed up by Esosa
Igbinoba as Nasarawa United upped the tempo in the
closing stages of the first half.
Both sides adopted a cautious approach in the second
half and the closest to a winner was when Philip
Azango’s effort was saved by Uche Okafor in the dying
moments of the game.
With the score goalless at the end of 90 minutes,
penalty shoot out was needed to seperate both teams
with FC IfeanyiUbah converting all five kicks and Seun
Sogbeso, who scored Nasarawa United’s winning goal
in the semi-final, having his kick saved.
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