Technical Director of Hephzibah Sporting Club, Olushola Ogundare blamed his players for being wasteful with their chances against Bucknor Football Club in Lagos State League match which held on Tuesday at the Abesan Sports Center, Ipaja, Alimosho, Lagos.
Hephzibah boys who played at home ended their match against Bucknor FC one goal apiece at the regulation time. The result did not go down well with the club management staff and supporters who came out in large numbers to watch the league match.
Ogundare while speaking with our correspondent said it was a good match for his players, that controlled the game, dominated the possession and lost so many chances that would have given them a victory.
“If I don’t exaggerate, we lost more then fifty scoring chances because I have not seen a team created more chances like this and fail to win such a match. It was a disappointing match for our management staff and supporters who came here to cheer the boys to victory, “he said.
Commenting on the team performance,Ogundare said his players played well but their finishing was poor which he needed to work on before their next match.
He disclosed that some of their key strikers who always score for the team had left for better offers and charged the players in the team to give their best in the next game.
“My problem now is attacking force. At the beginning of the league, we score as many as possible but now our key players had left the club and we coaching crew need to find a lasting solution to the problem of goal scoring before our subsequent matches, “he said.
The encounter live up to expectations as both teams could not find the back of the net in the first half.Hephzibah boys controlled the game but they missed a lot of scoring chances before Quadri Afolabi scored a goal for the Bucknor in the early second half.
The goal spurred the homers to continue piling pressure in their opponents before Okoro Innocent quickly equalised for the Hephzibah who were wasteful in the encounter watched by mammoth crowd.