Players attitude denied us victory against Abia Warriors- Heartland Coach
From Everest Ezihe, Owerri
Last Sunday’s disappointing outing of a 0-1 home loss by Heartland FC, Owerri in their week 30 Oriental Derby with Abia Warriors FC, Umuahia has been attributed to the players poor attitude and lackadaisical approach to the game.
Mr. Charles Uzo, who’s the Assistant Coach of the Owerri based landlords pointed this out during a post match media interaction with Sports Journalists immediately after the match at the VIP stand of Dan Anyiam Stadium.
“The technical crew is so disappointed with the outing, based on the result and the players attitude and approach to the game.
” The players lacked understanding of the serious business commitments the game deserves in terms of doggedness and patriotism unlike in their days.
“It’s unfortunate we lost before our home fans, it’s very very unfortunate. We will not give up, because we believe it’s not yet over, until it’s over” he assured.
Contrary to Heartland FC assistant coach thinking, Abia Warriors gaffer, Imama Amapakabo said,”we came to Owerri on a revenge mission, we were poised in lifting our head high as we were beaten by Heartland in our home in the first stanza of the league by 0-2.
“Even though Heartland has a good team and good coaches, we defeated them through tactical planning, because the first half, it was as if we were not in the game, thus we changed tactics in the second half and we were in serious control even though we were one man down”.
Eze lamented over the result, saying, they never expected to lose the game because they really worked hard and planned the game, and the boys promised seriously to win it.
He vowed to give their next match with Sunshine FC Akure on Wednesday a serious fight, describing it as a must win to avert relegation from the premier league as they are already on red in the league table and prayed for the players to be on the right frame of mind.
