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  • Hard work got us our victory, says Ganaru

    Hard work got us our victory, says Ganaru

    Baba Ganaru, the Head Coach of Kano Pillars FC,has attributed the team’s victorious start in the 2012/2013 season to the hard work it had put in during the off-season.

    Ganaru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the team would build on the positive start to improve its chances of winning the league again.

    NAN reports that Kano Pillars are the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL’s) defending champions, and they defeated Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi 1-0 in their opening match. The match was played at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, the home turf of Wikki Tourists.

    “Our victory in the first match of the NPFL’s 2012/2013 season was due to the hard work we had put in during the off-season. We will not relent in our performance, but rather we will build upon it in our subsequent matches,”Ganaru said.

    He said that the team had prepared well and that there was still room for improvement.

    “We have prepared well and there is room for improvement, so that we can retain the title we won last year. It was a good game and the away victory will keep the teams morale up,” he said.

    NAN reports that Kano Pillars’ next engagement will be a CAF Champions League encounter against AC Leopard FC of Congo-Brazaville at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano on March 16.

  • Baba Ganaru: AC Leopards game not on my mind

    Baba Ganaru: AC Leopards game not on my mind

    Kano Pillars coach Mohammed Baba Ganaru has said that his team is now focused on Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) opener against Wikki Tourists of Bauchi.

    Pillars progressed to the second round of the CAF Champions League on a 5-1 aggregate after holding Olympique Real de Bangui to a goalless draw in the Central African Republic on Sunday. They are now pitched against tough opponents, AC Leopards in the second round encounter.

    The former El Kanemi coach said the Pyramid side do not have the AC Leopards game on their minds at the moment. Ganaru explained that until the time of the clash Pillars will not have sleepiness nights about the Congolese side. He emphasised that the league opener against Wikki Tourists is what is on the team’s menu at the moment.

    “The pitch was bad and it didn’t allow us to play our normal game. The rain too did not help the situation because we played under downpour in Bangui. Although we created many chances, we missed lots of chances too. The game against Olympique Real de Bangui is history now. We are now focusing on the league opener against Wikki Tourists. All matches in the CAF champions League are tough and there is no easy game anywhere, so, for now we are not thinking about our next Champions League opponents, AC Leopards. We will think about them when the time comes,” Baba Ganaru said.

    Pillars resumed training session on Tuesday after a day’s break ahead of this weekend’s league kick-off.