Niger United coach Yekini Adebayo has blamed his team’s draw against Kano Pillars to missed chances, noting that his team had better chances to win yesterday’s encounter at the Ardova Handball Premier League in Benin.
The heroics of the goalkeeper Ismaila Abdulwahab, who saved a penalty four second to the game was all Pillars needed to tie the game 25-25.
Adebayo said that a win would have been a huge compensation for his team as they were the better side throughout the game. He, however, said that his players has to improve on their scoring if the hope to do well in the league.
“We had the chance to win the game but our poor finishing let us down. We had a penalty at the end of the game but we lost it. We will have to improve if we hope to win. We need to score more goals as it might come down to goal difference to win the league.
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“There are many games to play and hopefully we can do better than today. I also believe we were destined to draw the game because we had every opportunity to win,” he added.
At the end of the game, Pillars celebrated the draw as a loss would have dented their chance of retaining the title.
In some other games in the men’s category, Confluence Stars beat Bendel Dynamos 22-15, Police Machine defeated Lagos Seasiders 23-22. In the women’s category, Benue Quuens lost to Rima Queens 43-23, while Plateau Peacock beat Delta Queens 28-27.
Technical Director of the Handball Federation of Nigeria, Bala Mohammed said that competition between the team have been close and it is too early to predict how the league would pan out.