Isyaku Ibrahim
A lot of home work awaits Kano Pillars Football Club tactician Usman Abdullah if he is to take the side to where it belongs in Nigeria’s domestic league
This is imperative going by how loss of concentration on the part of the team’s defence coupled with poor goalkeeping led visiting Heartland of Owerri to escape with a point in their top flight game at Sani Abacha Stadium in the metropolis
The Pyramid City Lads who had been playing their matches away for some time now due to renovation at their home ground,started the match on a good note having defeated Bendel Insurance in Benin last week
They made several incursions in the first phase of the duel through Super Eagles Skipper Ahmed Musa and Rabiu Ali Pele but denied the chance to score as a result of the good goalkeeping of the visitors goal tender
The first half ended barren as both teams failed to score
When the second phase resumed just after some minutes,the Naze warlords as Heartland were called opened scoring through a loose ball as a result of incoordination between the defenders of the home side and the goalie
Barely some minutes later old but young Rabiu Ali Pele even scores for the home side through a free kick that he neatly converted
but the joy did not last long as the visitors increased the lead due to loss of concentration by the host
It took some minutes before Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa levelled the scores to make his goal tally to five in the on going competition
Pillars who now have 18 points will meet Lobi Stars of Makurdi in their next match before trying their luck against visiting Enyimba at home
While speaking on the duel Coach Usman Abdullah said it was not surprising that they share points with the visitors in view of their recent form
but pledged to go back to drawing board to restrategize before their upcoming engagements
Some spectators who spoke to Periscope On Line on the cracker, hailed the level of officiating and how the team’s gave good account of themselves which they said was superb although some lapses need to be corrected particularly on time wastage and indecisiveness by the match officials likewise the need for spectators to always be orderly and be exhibiting sense of decorum as shown by Pillars fans after the end of the game which they argued was highly delightful and encouraging
