Rivers United show say dem be senior men for Sunday afternoon as dem nak Willbros FC 3-0 take carry the Rivers State FA Cup trophy.
The match wey hapun for Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium see the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side use extra ginger for second half take fall the academy boys, na weytin hitvibz dey yan be dat.
Rivers United fire-power ready for Abia Warriors
Even though Willbros try follow dem drag the ball for first half, di Pride of Rivers still manage find their rhythm.
Chinedu Sunday na him first score for 71 minutes, before Wisdom Samuel use calm head nak the second one. As match wan end, Handsome Surveyor come add the third one take finish work.
The Head Coach, Finidi George, happy well-well as him boys change style for the final take carry the cup.
When dem ask am how he see the match, Finidi talk say the team boost their game for second half.
“We happy well-well for this win. FA Cup always get weight for State level. You must to win am before you move go national level. So we really happy. For first half, we no push too much.
But I feel say for second half, we come out with full force. We pressure dem for high ground come force dem make dem mistake. At the end of the day, we see that chance wey give us lead. Na so the second and third goals take enter.”
Finidi George don set game plan for Abia Warriors
As dem don keep that trophy for house, Rivers United don face their front for NPFL matter.
The coach dey hope say the three goals wey dem score for final go give dem ginger to repeat the same thing for their next big league match.
Finidi talk say make dem keep that scoring spirit as dem dey prepare for the hot match wey dey come dis weekend.
“E good say we win before that big match next weekend. We score three goals, so I hope say we fit do the same thing against Abia Warriors. I no talk say e must be 3-0, but e go make sense if we fit score pass one goal.
The way we take dey score goals don make sense for these three matches wey we play this week. Make we see how we fit repeat am against Abia Warriors. E no go easy at all. We must work hard. We get at least six days to prepare the boys well for that face-off.”
One person wey everybody eyes dey on top na Handsome Surveyor, wey don dey fire goals back-to-back.
As em score that last goal against Willbros, he don get five goals for four matches. Finidi talk say dem go monitor him body make he no over-stress, but he still dey expect better thing from am.
“He wait for him time, and I feel say everything dey work for am now. We hope say he go bring that him ‘A-game’ come against Abia Warriors. For football, to score goal na about power and luck join. So luck dey him side.
We hope say he go get luck that day to give us one or two goals. We go continue to ginger am and make sure say he rest well because he don play three matches for one week. So we go make sure say he recover well-well for that game.”
Now, Rivers United go represent the state for President Federation Cup as dem continue to chase more trophies this season.
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Last Updated on April 27, 2026 9:36 pm by Hitvibz Media
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