Heartland deserve winning moment, says Amuneke
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Heartland FC Technical Manager, Emmanuel Amuneke, said he was happy that his patient with his youngsters has been rewarded with their first win of the season in the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League season.
The Naze Millionaires endured a difficult start to the season following two losses to Enyimba and Rivers United before the first point of the season in the goalless home draw with Katsina United.They were unlucky to lose to Shooting Stars in Ibadan but earned their first win in a 2-0 victory over Niger Tornadoes on Sunday.
Amuneke thanked the team and the Imo people for their steadfastness throughout the trying periods, adding changing the old order of doing things with a crop of young players would eventually bode well for the team especially in terms of earning revenues.
“I want to congratulate the team. Everyone put in much effort to ensure we get to this stage. The league is a marathon and when you lose some games, you will be a little upset but we are focused on what we want to achieve. When you look at Heartland FC last season, a lot happened there and many players left,” an excited Amuneke said after the match. “We are redirecting the course by having very young players that can serve for the future also. We all understand that when you are in a period of processing, it takes time for things to grow and work.
“I am happy for the players and for Imo people. We deserve this moment. We have played five games and have got four points.”Despite the crucial home win, Amuneke said the match would be reviewed with a view of correcting noticeable errors ahead of this weekend’s fixture away to El Kanemi Warriors in Maiduguri.
He said: “All we need to do now is to review ourselves and look at the area we need to continue to improve as a team knowing that in a team there will always be moment of mistakes.
“Those mistakes count a lot and we have to go back and learn from them. We are happy that we won. It will give us a lot of relief ahead of our game coming up against El Kanemi Warriors. It will give us more confident going into the game.”
The 1994 CAF Player of Year thumbed up the brilliant debut of Michael Ogu who bagged the two goals that sank Niger Tornadoes in Owerri and the entire team for the hard work that resulted in the victory.
“We have to congratulate Michael Ogu for his brilliance and intelligence and also Molokwu that gave the pass. The experience of Ogu was also crucial and we are happy for him,” he added.
Heartland are 16th with four points on the league log with four points from five games ahead of this weekend’s away fixture with El Kanemi Warriors.
Heartland deserve winning moment, says Amuneke - The Nation Newspaper (thenationonlineng.net)
