FA Cup: Sunshine Stars beat Basira FC, to qualify for round 32
Sunshine stars football club of Akure today defeated Basira Fc of lafia 2-0 at the confluence township stadium, lokoja in a round of 64 FA cup tie.
Goal sensation, David Onovo opened scoring for the Akure based team 11 minutes Into the game after receiving a clever pass from Midfield maestro Achi Nnaemeka.
Sunshine stars showed dominance and composure immediately after the goal and quickly added a second from the spot.
This time Vincent Temitope dazzled and displaced three defenders from the edge to the vital area and was pulled down.
Yusuf Ibrahim slotting home the spot kick in the 27th minutes to make it 2-Nil
The first 45 minutes however ended 2-0.
At the start of the second half , Michael Olalusi was introduced , replacing AbdulAziz Ajagbe.
His introduction and combination with Emeka Isaac and Achi Nnaemeka became a challenge for Basira Fc who resulted in hard tackles on Sunshine stars players.
In the 56th minutes state FA cup hero Jide Jimoh alongside Samson Olasupo were thrown into the pitch to have a feel, the duo replaced David Onovo and Ibrahim Yusuf.
Clear cut chances were however limited in the dying minutes of the encounter for Sunshine stars as Basira Fc pushed for a consolation that never came.
In the 84th minutes Ejike uzoechi and Chukwude Stephen were introduced to replace Emeka Isaac and Vincent Temitope respectively to stabilize offensive play of the opponents.'
Efforts by Basira Fc to get a goal in the closing stages of the encounter were clinically handled by stars defence which had Emmanuel Ogbuagu, Ekerette Udom, Imo ikemdinachi, Okoh Afamefuna to contend with as the match ended 2-0 in favour of Sunshine stars.
The victory earned the pride of Ondo state a round of 32 qualification in the FA cup.
Edith Agoye who addressed newsmen at the end of the encounter commended his players for a job welldone and equally commended the opponents for a good fight.
"Basira FC are no pushovers, they played well and they gave a good fight no doubt , but the better side won "
Up next for Sunshine stars is an Elite league tie agains
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