Mfon Udoh capped a brilliant individual season for
Enyimba International as they overcame Dolphins
FC 2-1 to lift the Men’s Federation Cup trophy.
His goal early in the second half proved decisive
as the People’s Elephants were rewarded with a
silverware.
Dolphins goalkeeper Rotimi Sunday was badly at
fault as the winning team benefitted from his
mistake and that led to the second goal for
Enyimba at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The introduction of substitutes Rasheed Olabiyi
and Nzube Anazaemba also propelled Enyimba to
a second Cup title in two consecutive season.
For Dolphins, their season will now be regarded
as a relative disappointment after failing to add a
trophy to their rich cabinet.
The winning team were on the back foot early on
when strings of efforts from Emem Eduok put
Femi Thomas in goal for Enyimba under pressure.
Enyimba were coping comfortably as Dolphins left
Eduok too isolated at times. Emeka Atuloma was
also being forced to drop too deep to offer
support to the beleaguered Victor Alegbe and
Ebube Okpokwu rather than add attacking potency
to the game.
The quiet Mfon stormed off the blocks in the 55th
minute when he profited from a brilliant pass
from Markson Ojobo to shoot the ball into the
right hand side of Rotimi’s post.
Some minutes later, a rare howler from Rotimi
gifted Mfon a sight at goal, but he elected to
pass to Chinonso Okonkwo. The striker turned
superbly before firing high past the goalkeeper.
At last Enyimba had impetus and were getting the
dangerous Mfon into threatening positions,
allowing him to force Rotimi to save low to his
right with an effort from the edge of the area.
Ten minutes to the end of the match, Eduok
reduced the tally from an excellent pass by Victor
Alegbe
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