NNL: Supreme Court Beat Yobe Desert Stars To Retain Top Spot

Supreme Court FC of Abuja at the weekend extended their winning streak with an assertive 2-0 win over visiting Yobe Desert Stars in one of the match day five of Nigeria National League, NNL decided at Area 3 playground.

The victory automatically retained Apex Boys on top of A1 group with 10 points.

From the blast of whistle to the end of the encounter, Supreme Court FC took charge of the game under ‘cool’ conducive evening in front of cheering fans that are eager to host Premier league action come next football season.

After missing flurries of chances, the effort of the home Boys however paid off in the 42nd minute of the match after stand in captain Emmanuel Gbemi was fouled right inside the opponents’ 18-yards box.

Striker, Friday Jacob stepped up and struck in the first goal from the spot.

Later on, Peter Michael fired a blitzing shot right from a 25 meters distance away from goal post via a free kick to make it goal number two in the 75th minute.

“I give glory to God for seeing us through. That second goal was my target and I thank God for helping me to get it at the right time,” Recounted Michael who has scored 10 goals in all this season.

For Jacob, “team effort has been carrying us all along. We have our target and we believe that we can make it by the end of the season.

On his part, Technical Adviser, Coach Fatai Osho was full of praises for his boys who he said gave good account of themselves.

The Abuja-based would next week travel all the way to Adamawa to confront Adamawa United hoping to garner more points on match day 6.