Head Coach of Team360 Football Club of Lagos, Shola Raji says their shocking defeat against Prince Kazeem Eletu Football Club won’t affect their preparation ahead of TREM Cup final.
Team360 would play against Samjason Football Club in the TREM Cup final sheduled to hold on Saturday at the YABATECH sports center, Lagos.
In preparation to keep the boys in good shape for the final, Team360 suffered 3-0 defeat against Eletu boys who were on rampage in the friendly match played recently at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena formally known as Onikan Stadium.
Speaking with our correspondent, Raji said the friendly match was good for his team despite heavy defeat.He also commended his boys for their fighting spirit exhibited throughout the encounter but quick to admit that his boys were not clinical enough against their opponents.
“It was a good match for us and i am happy that we played a good side who gave us a tough time.Despite our defeat, I still want to commend my boys for giving account of themselves.
“Of course we created some chances and we even got the well deserved penalty but my players did not take their chances.Our oppenents also created some scoring chances and they converted it,”he said.
Asked if the defeat would affect the psyche of the players ahead of TREM Cup final,Raji said the defeat has nothing to do with their preparation saying that he would work on the grey areas of the team before the final.
“Our friendly match against Eletu is to keep our players fit ahead of the final but i don’t think our defeat would affect us rather it would bring the best out of my players against their opponents comes on Saturday,” he said.
Wasiu Paraiso opened the goal account for Eletu in the 12th minutes.Some few minutes later, a foul was committed inside the Eletu box unfortunately Salas Fossou was impressive and saved the penalty kick from Jacob Hugo.
The second half was better for Eletu as Emmanuel Chinedu and Akeem Taofeek scored the two goals to confirm their superiority over Team360 .