Foley steers Eko Utd to 2-0 win over Beyond Limits in NLO opener

Foley steers Eko Utd to 2-0 win over Beyond Limits in NLO opener

By Ibitoye Shittu

Coach Folabi Ojekunle popularly known as "Foley" on Friday afternoon, April 17, steered newly formed Eko United to a 2-0 win over Beyond Limits In NLO opener in the Ogun State Center.

Joining Eko United last month, Coach Foley was hired on a rescue mission to help the team get promotion into the NNL.

And starting this trip for the former Kogi United handler was an emphatic victory over a team owner by Nigeria's biggest Football investor, Kunle Soname.

Reacting to the win, Ojekunle Folabi made it clear that he is at Eko United for a mission stressing that the victory was a tough one for his side.

"It was a tough game, the team showed character because Beyond Limits is the best club in Nigeria in terms of structure, organization, professionalism and on players welfare at the moment.

"They are well kept, they feed the players five times daily, but I am more sound tactically because after playing goalless in the first half in which we also lost a penalty.

"I changed my formation from 4:3:3 to 3:5:2 with high pressing dominance and this paid off with two goals in the 2nd half," Coach Foley explained.

Up next for Coach Foley and his wards is another battle against Gaiters FC next week Saturday.