Football
Kano Pillars should work hard to win a trophy- Gbenga Ogunbote
The coach of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu, Gbenga Ogunbote, who has said that Kano Pillars must work harder if they hope to win a trophy, National Daily learnt.
Ogunbote who guided the flying Antelopes to the group stages of CAF Confederation Cup explained that on Pillars’ qualification to the second consecutive finals of Aiteo Cup after they loss out to Rangers Intl last year on penalty shoot out .
He told National Daily that the motivation behind Kano pillars performances so far was their hunger for a trophy, having lost out last year and their narrow loss of the NPFL trophy to Enyimba.
He said, “they deserve to win a trophy but they must work harder because Niger Tornadoes too, deserve to win having lost two years ago to Akwa United at the Agege stadium”.
“I think they are desperate to win a trophy, but with the near successes they have experienced so far having lost in the F.A finals last season, they need to double their efforts to break the jinx.”
He concluded by saying that it would be an interesting final for the two northern teams
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