League

Ironville Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tochi Amarachi started the match with the kick off. Yinka Bamgbelu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tochi Amarachi went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Ozioma Udem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Labaran Nwaiwu made a huge save. Yinka Bamgbelu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tochi Amarachi, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Ironville FC's Yinka Bamgbelu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ibeamaka Okwuono in the 30th minute of play. After having played for 35 minutes, Ibeamaka Okwuono managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Castle football academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ibeamaka Okwuono was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 38th minute, Ibeamaka Okwuono left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Castle football academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Ibeamaka Okwuono sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tochi Amarachi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Yinka Bamgbelu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ibeamaka Okwuono had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Saidu Aduda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Labaran Nwaiwu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Tochi Amarachi came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Castle football academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tochi Amarachi couldn't finish the play. Ibeamaka Okwuono took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yinka Bamgbelu. Yinka Bamgbelu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Ironville FC's Yinka Bamgbelu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Ironville FC from getting a goal against them. Ibeamaka Okwuono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Yinka Bamgbelu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ibeamaka Okwuono fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yinka Bamgbelu having to interfere. Anorigwo Enakarhire hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After 86 played minutes Ironville FC got a freekick which was hit by Gideon Ademowo. Yinka Bamgbelu was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Sylvester Adekoje. Tochi Amarachi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Yinka Bamgbelu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Labaran Nwaiwu didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ironville FC's Saidu Aduda shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Tochi Amarachi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ibeamaka Okwuono might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yinka Bamgbelu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ibeamaka Okwuono ran back to his position shaking his head. The Ironville FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Castle football academy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.