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By: Peter Akinbo.
Akwa United head coach, Deji Ayeni, is keen to get the first win of the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League after his team suffered a defeat to the newly promoted Bendel Insurance in their first game of the season.
The Promise Keepers will face Enyimba on Wednesday (today) at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba as they look to get a win in their second fixture of the new campaign.
Enyimba on the other hand won their first game with a 2-1 victory at Nasarawa United.
Ayeni said Akwa United would need to play with focus if they want to get back to winning ways in this game.
“I think it’s non-negotiable, if Insurance can come to our backyard and get the three points, so we have told the players that we have to be resolute, determined, dedicated and very motivated for us to return to winning ways.’’
“Right from Tuesday that we started our training for the week, we flashed back to the shortcomings we had in our match against Insurance so we make sure that we set a programme that will make sure we get all those mistakes corrected so that all the players will be ready and willing to deliver on Wednesday,” he said.
He also addressed the injury to winger, Ubong Friday, who is set to miss their next two games.
“It was a very big disappointment to me especially because he is a charismatic leader but he had a very serious injury on match-day one and his leg was torn and I think he had stitches in his left leg so we have to rest him. I think he is going to be okay by our next home game,” Ayeni said.