Akwa United Caretaker Coach Tasks Players On Goal Scoring

Akwa United Caretaker Coach Tasks Players On Goal Scoring 

Precious Oham

Caretaker coach of Akwa United, Umar Abdullahi has tasked his players to be more committed and determined in their approach to games in a bid to ensure the team get positive results that will help achieve their target at the end of the season, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

Akwa United will be aiming to turn their fortune around when they square up against neighbours Abia Warriors at the Eket Stadium on Sunday as the 2023-24 Nigeria Premier Football League season enters matchday 17.

Akwa United’s eleven goals this season have been scored by seven players; Seyi Oguntayo -3, Kufre Ebong -2, Uche Collins -2, David Philip -1, Dare Ojo -1, Hadi Mohammed -1 and Rilwan Sadiq -1 and coach Umar believes that he has a team in which goals can come from all the departments.

"Every matchday provides us with an opportunity to improve our standing in the league table. We are not comfortable with our current position and we know that it’s up to us as coaches and the players to get the job done in the best possible way.

“Goal scoring was our major challenge but we believe that we have sorted that out in our training sessions. Again, we have made it clear to our players that we can’t afford to waste the scoring chances that will come our way. 

"That means we have to be more prolific in front of goal because the responsibility of scoring goals is for all the eleven players on the pitch, so we are looking at the whole team playing well and scoring goals in games. We know that our opponent will be coming with a game plan but we are ready to go all out for maximum points."