Moses Aduku, the Head Coach of Edo Queens Women Football Club, says he is unhappy with his team in spite of beating amateur side Maureen Mmadu Football Academy on Thursday.
The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership side won their round of 16 tie in the ongoing Women’s Federation Cup at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar in emphatic fashion.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a great percentage of the match was played in the half of the team from Nnewi in Anambra.
As early as the eighth minute, Maureen Mmadu Football Academy conceded an own goal when goalkeeper Rita Nworie parried a shot into her own net.
The Edo Queens scored their second goal in the 36th minute through Eunice Godwin, while a sublime effort by Alice Ogede in the 76th minute increased the tally to three.
Two minutes later, Omotoke Odueke scored the fourth goal, while Ogede completed her brace and the rout in the 89th minute by scoring the match’s fifth goal.
However, Aduku said his team did not play well, pointing out that it was not all about the number of goals scored but how well the team played.
“Sometimes, players can be funny. They get into the pitch, look at their opponents and because their opponents are unknown players they just decide to relax.
“We will go back and talk to the girls and tell them the importance of playing well and not shabbily, because you feel you are playing against an opponent that is not too formidable,” he said.
Speaking also on the match, Maureen Mmadu, the coach and founder of Maureen Mmadu Football Academy, said her team played and defended well in the match’s first half.
“But in the second half we were a bit disorganised,” she said.
Mmadu however said the way they played against Edo Queens was not how they played during their round of 32 match which they won.
The former Super Falcons player pointed out that her team was young and inexperienced and they would go back and continue to work hard to perform better.
“The team is two years old and we are not in any league yet. But we will continue to groom the players so that they can become better.
“If we get sponsors, we can start battling for a spot from the lower league. The government of Anambra can decide to have a female team and we pick out for them some of the very good ones while we continue to work on the other girls.
“I brought these girls together. When many of them came initially, they could not even trap a football. But today, I see a bright future for the girls,” she said.
NAN
