NNL: Oyedeji's Set Gombe United In Tune NPFL Play-Off

NNL: Oyedeji's Set Gombe United In Tune NPFL Play-Off Gombe United takes a vital step in their quest to return to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) as they beat Fc Taraba by a lone goal at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stadium, Bauchi. Although the team missed glaring chances in the match day sixteen fixture which, but Oyedeji's late winner covered up for the missed chances. All efforts by the visitors to find the back of the net proved abortive as the referee blast the whistle which signaled the end of the first stanza. The Savannah Scorpions came into the second half more rejuvenated as they mounted pressure on the hosts who adopted delay tactics that hampered free flow of the game. The goal final came in the eighty one minutes when Samuel Oyedeji smatched the top corner with a right footed venomous shot from Dauda Olalere's beautiful pass from the left inside the box. Speaking after the match, coach of Gombe United Aliyu Zubairu said; "I have to first of all expressed my gratitude to God for the victory because whatever you do you must give glory to the Almighty". "In the first the boys didn't play according to instructions going by the goal chances we failed to utilised, but after the break pep talk they went back and got the needed result". "We've a crucial match on Wednesday against Mighty Jets which I have the confidence with the current form of the players, we're going to beat them Insha Allah. Our ultimate target is to secure promotion back to where we belong". Gombe United remained on top of the group A1 table of Northern Conference with 29 points in fourteen games three more than Elkanemi Warriors who were not in action due to the withdrawal of their opponents (Aklosendi) in the league. They will next host Mighty Jets on Wednesday.