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Lobi Stars coach, Solomon Ogbeide believes the race for the 2016/17 Nigeria Professional Football League title is still open.

“Our performances so far at the start of the second round has further confirmed that the league championship is very open,” Ogbeide told Goal.

“We need to keep the momentum intact, continue to consistently accumulate points both at home and on the road to close the gap and keep the pressure on other teams.

“It is too early to predict who the champion will be because now is the time to challenge for points and accumulate and see where it’ll take you to.

“We aren’t carried away with our recent performance but it’s a fact that the championship is still very open and we shall work on closing the gap as we work hard to be at the top,’ he said.

Veteran coach Solomon Ogbeide began his sojourn with Lobi Stars football club of Makurdi on a brilliant note beating his former club, Sunshine of Akure 3 -1 .

All the goals were scored by Tony Okpotu in the first and second half of the action packed match .

Speaking to Sportinglife after the match, Ogbeide said the best is yet to come as he will still tinker with the team during the two weeks break.

He said sunshine were good but Lobi were better and the better side won .

Vice chairman of Lobi stars Mike Idoko said  with the victory and scoreline , it is clear that he took the right decision of bringing in coach Ogbeide to handle the makurdi side .

Experienced coach Solomon Ogbeide has maintained he does not have any regrets his contract at Sunshine Stars was not renewed even after he guided the club to a commendable position in the league.

Ogbeide joined the struggling Akure team to lift them to finish sixth on the table this past season.

“I don’t have any regrets about leaving Sunshine Stars, that’s football for you. I have moved on,” he said.

“I finished the season sixth on the table and we all know the position I met them before I took over. I left the club by mutual consent after the new management failed to renew my contract.”

Ogbeide’s assistant, Kayode Olujohungbe, has been appointed Sunshine Stars new coach, while Dapo Ajibade is the new chairman.

Solomon Ogbeide has praised the determination of  Sunshine Stars having defeated MFM FC 2-0 at the Akure Township Stadium on Sunday.

“Well this was a big result for us – MFM have been in good form this season, and we had to play well ourselves to get the result,” Ogbeide told Goal.

“We started the game well – we were very good in the closing 30 minutes of the match. I thought in the end the determination, commitment, and good play of the boys paid off.”

The Owena Waves went into the game knowing that a defeat would have left them nine points behind current Nigeria Professional Football League leaders Wikki Tourists, but emerged victorious following a second half brace from Dele Olorundare.

Sunshine Stars have moved into fifth position in the NPFL table following the victory.

There are strong indications that the Technical Adviser of Bayelsa United FC, Solomon Ogbeide and his assistants would be sacked following the team’s poor outings in recent Globacom Premier League matches.

The Restoration Boys twice came from behind to force visiting Dolphins to a 2-2 draw in a Glo Premier League game decided at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenegoa on Sunday.

A source in the team’s camp informed SportingLife that the board is not happy with the results recorded under the Ogbeide-tutored side.

The Yenagoa-based side had to wait until final league game gave victory over Heartland FC in Owerri to escape relegation last season.

Bayelsa United are already in the relegation zone with seven points out of possible 24 points. And the management is not ready to wait until it is difficult to find a remedy.

The new management, which was charged with the mandate of taking the club to greater height, are already feeling the heat from the club’s supporters over the it’s poor performances.

In the game against Dolphins yesterday, the first half appears to be drawing to a 0-0 conclusion until the 33rd minute when Dolphins took the lead following an error by Paul Godwin in goal for Bayelsa United.

The former Enyimba shot stopper flapped at a harmless corner kick from Chidiebere Okoli leaving Emeka Atuloma with the simplest of all taps  to put Dolphins in the lead.

The goal sparked Bayelsa back to life and they almost twice restored parity  only to be denied by Dolphins Godwin Anyalogu.

Both teams had chances in the second half to alter the scoreline but failed to take it with the goalkeepers proving their mettle in both instances.

Godwin gathered Omo Johnson’s weak effort for Dolphins while Anyalogu narrowed the angle forcing substitute Eric Frimpong to shoot wide for Bayelsa United.

Frimpong made atonement for his loss with a strike in the 56th minute to draw Bayelsa level but a brilliantly taken goal from Chidiebere Okoli put Dolphins 2-1 ahead 10 minutes later.

The second goal from Dolphins deflated the host as the frustration of going behind for the second time got them throwing rash tackles and picking up cards for the foul.

However just as it appears Dolphins were running away with all three points Uchechukwu Onyedikachi 25 yard effort took a wicked deflection on it’s way to goal wrong footing Anyalogu to bring scores to 2-2.

Tried as they could Bayelsa United failed to secure a late goal for them and Dolphins walked away with a well deserve point.

Bayelsa United Technical Adviser, Solomon Ogbeide has warned his wards not to be carried away with their goalless away draw against Sharks FC.

The Restoration Boys withstand pressure from the Blues Angels to secure vital away point in the week 5 Glo Premier League match at the Liberation Stadium, Port-Harcourt on Thursday afternoon.

The results earned Bayelsa United 5 points out of possible 15, moving to 13th position on the log.

Bayelsa United defenders were resolute in their defending.

Ogbeide told SportingLife that he needs to work on the attacking force, saying that they were unable to convert their scoring chances.

 “The boys did well and we deserve what we got in the match. Sharks are better side too. We played well and we will continue to build on the results. We are not there yet. There is still more to be done on the team. It is not yet Uhuru,” Ogbeide told SportingLife.

“The problems are that the boys are missing scoring opportunities and we need more to do on that. We will work on the midfield and our attack so as to start scoring more goals. All in all, we thank God for the victory.”

Alex Otakho Aghahowa of Bayelsa United was named the Man of the Match.

However, Aghahowa was injured during the match and was replaced by Anthony Abawula.

The Technical Adviser Solomon Ogbeide has said his boys are very prepared for the Week 30 Glo Premier League match against Sunshine Stars at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Sunday.

The Restoration Boys are currently placed 16 on the log but Ogbeide told SportingLife that the club is poised to garner full points as a way out to escape relegation.

Sunshine defeated Bayelsa United in their first meeting this season in Akure. The last time out in Benin, the Restoration Boys defeated league leaders, Kano Pillars 2-0.

“Well, our week 30 game against Sunshine Stars is one that we are condemned to win. We have a team that is injury free and we are spoilt for choice. We had a good game against Kano Pillars and we are set for another victory party. The spirit in the camp is still high. We are in a situation where we need to try and win our matches as the team plots its way out of the murky waters of relegation,” Ogbeide said.

Despite losing to Enyimba in the final of the prestigious Federation Cup decided at the Teslim Balogun stadium yesterday,Warri Wolves’ technical adviser, Solomon Ogbeide remains defiant that his team were the better side.

The Warri outfit, who were promised mouth watering rewards before the game by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, went ahead twice in the game but allowed Enyimba to equally come back twice eventually lost the game 5-4 on penalties.

But Ogbeide who started leading a team to the final of this tournament as far back as 1994 when he led Julius Berger to the final against BCC Lions of Gboko said Wolves were not disgraced though they lost to the two time CAF Champions League winners.

“Thats football for you.But the most important thing was that we were not disgraced”, the former Akwa United gaffer said few minutes after the penalty shoot outs that edged out his team.

To buttress his assertion that his team were better throughout the regulation time, Ogbeide explained that Wolves controlled the game in the area of possession and markmanship pointing out that when the match dragged into the lottery of penalty kicks, he resigned himself to fate that it could be any team’s day.

“We could not hold onto our lead and that for me was our greatest undoing in the game. I was planning to bring in a midfielder when I spotted the loophole before Enyimba equalised,”he said.