Isyaku Ibrahim
Hard fighting Kano darling Football side Kano Pillars alias Sai Masu Gida on Saturday at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium formerly known as Ogbe Stadium humiliated host Bendel before their home crowd to prove book makers wrong
The Kano team under the tutelage of former football star Usman Abdullah who went to the match with full confidence having earlier thrashed Rangers some weeks ago at home played according to instructions to prove a point
Thus any move by the home side was thwarted by the visitors parading Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa,Shehu Abdullahi and Rabiu Ali Pele popularly called legend
The match almost ended in a stalemate as the two sides failed to utilize the chances they had due to poor finishing by their strikers
Unknown to one and all the decider came at the last lap of the added time by the match officials through a penalty kick beautifully converted by the permanent captain of the team Rabiu Ali to increase his goal tally to six in the on going season
With the development Pillars could boost to be among the clubs in the premier league with good away record having earlier humiliated Rangers and drew with Bayelsa United of Yenegoa
The team now has seven points from its away matches
Some people who spoke to Periscope On Line on the development says the trait will not be unconnected with how the level of officiating to some extend has been improved nowadays in the domestic unlike in the past when defeating team at home soil was impractical
They however hoped the effort will remain stable as it would help in uplifting the professionalism of the round leather game as the case is in other countries
