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  • Injury rules out Ebimobowei

    Injury rules out Ebimobowei

    Nigerian striker  Peter  Ebimobowei has been ruled out of Al Ahly’s game against Ismaily today due to injury.

    The former Bayelsa United forward sustained an injury that look likes a hamstring in a league game against Al-Ragaa, where he scored a goal and was substituted.

    He missed Al Ahly’s last match against APR of Rwanda in the CAF Champions League.

    “Ebi (Ebimobowei) won’t make it to the Ismaily game,” Al Ahly director Wael Gomaa told FilGoal.

    Al Ahly will be travelling to El-Gouna where, they will play against rivals Ismaily behind closed doors today.

  • Ebimobowei tipped to shine in Egypt

    Ebimobowei tipped to shine in Egypt

    FormerOcean Boys coach, Ada Gwegwe, now an assistant coach at Bayelsa United has stated that the new Al-Ahly Nigerian import, Peter Ebimobowei will add a lot of value to the Egyptian League.

    Ada Gwegwe, who discovered Ebimobowei a couple of years back at Ndoro in Ekeremor LGA Bayelsa State, has advised Al-Ahly Sporting Club to be patient with Ebimobowei who helped the Restoration Boys survive relegation battle in the NPFL last season if he doesn’t start banging goals right from the start.

    “I think if there is any coach who knew this boy, Peter Ebimobowei very well then it is coach Ada Gwegwe,” he told SL10.ng.

    ” I was the one who discovered him in the village and then brought him to the city. I’m into grassroots football development in Bayelsa State, I used to go to the creek for a talent hunt programme and in one of those visits I saw a raw talent in Peter Ebimobowei,”he said

    Ada Gwegwe listed two main qualities that Peter Ebimobowei will bring to any team he plays for.

    “I know he has a lot of qualities. Peter is a good goal poacher and a very good passer of the ball. Al-Ahly fans will have to be very patient with him in case the goals don’t happen straight away. He scored 18 goals last season in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) last season and that put him third behind Dolohins Emem Eduok and Enyimba’s Mfon Udoh.

     Ebimobowei, 22, scored 18 goals for Bayelsa United in the 2013-14 season and that earned him a nomination for the Player of the Season in the 2014 League Bloggers Awards.

  • Ebimobowei joins race

    Ebimobowei joins race

    Bayelsa United striker, Peter Ebimobowei made it his fourth consecutive goal in the top flight to net his sixth strike of the campaign and level with same number of goals in the race for the Glo Best Marksman alongside Adamu Mohammed and Gbolahan Salami of Gombe United and Warri Wolves respectively.

    Ebimobowei, whose lone goal was sufficient for the maximum points against Akwa United, was elated to have found the back of the net again for a fourth straight match after scoring against Abia Warriors, Enugu Rangers and FC Taraba earlier.

    He said he would continue to do his best to ensure that he emerges the highest goal scorer at the end of the season.

    “I am glad to have scored again today. This could be my season with the way things are going for me. I have scored in all our last four games and I hope to score more goals to emerge as the best scorer in the land and to lead my club to Africa,” Ebimobowei said.

    Bayelsa United are on 20 points from 12 matches while Akwa United which began the season are fast fading away with 19 points.

  • Ebimobowei’s 9th goal puts Bayelsa on top

    Ebimobowei’s 9th goal puts Bayelsa on top

    After missing four Glo Premier League games, Bayelsa United’s Peter Ebimobowei has said he was thrilled to score the goal that returned the Restoration Boys to the top of the league.

    For personal reasons, Ebimobowei was unable to play for some matches but netted a cracker against Sharks of Port Harcourt midway into the first half; it was the only goal of the game.

    The player, who has scored nine goals this season, told SportingLife he missed the team in the few games he skipped, but was back to help Bayelsa United’s chase for the league and continental ticket.

    “Sharks are not a bad side at all. They played with all they had but we were determined because we knew a win would return us to the top.

    “I am grateful that God used me to score the only goal. I have vowed to score more before the season ends.

    “If not for some games that I missed, I would have hit double figures now but it is not too late,” Ebimobowei told SportingLife.

    Ebimobowei’s goal lifted Bayelsa United above Kano Pillars who held the position after Saturday games were concluded. Bayelsa United have 49 points to place first while Pillars, 48 points, El Kanemi, 47 points and Enyimba, 46 points are second, third and fourth respectively. Pillars however have a game at hand.

     

  • Ebimobowei to repay fans’ support at Akure

    Ebimobowei to repay fans’ support at Akure

    Bayelsa United highest scorer, Peter Ebimobowei has rued the three games he had to miss for personal reasons.

    The scorer of eight league goals has, however, assured that he would champion the Restoration Boys’ cause to upset Sunshine Stars at the Akure Township Stadium on Wednesday.

    The player returned to Yenagoa on Saturday during his club’s 2-0 home victory over ABS and he has revealed that he was humbled by the standing ovation given to him by the fans and supporters of Bayelsa United immediately he was noticed at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa.

    “I am back after missing three games. I have missed my colleagues and I can’t wait for the away tie against Sunshine Stars on Wednesday. I was expecting to increase my goal account but my unavoidable absence made me to lose the opportunity.

    “I will like to tell you that I was received with honour and class on Saturday when I got to the stadium. Our fans and supporters were happy to see me. I was told I was the only name on their lips immediately the game started when they didn’t see my name on the squad list. I am ready to repay their trust with a good performance at Akure on Wednesday,” Ebimobowei explained to SportingLife.

    He has helped his Yenagoa based club to the second spot on the league table with 45 points from 27 matches.