By Femi Atolagbe

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Sunshine Stars lost its Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day 17 as a result of silly error, says Coach Gbenga Ogunbote.
“In the first 45 minutes we threw away all the chances, the goal was just about the glaring chance Enyimba had and it was as a result of a silly error.
Ogunbote stated this after his side lost 0-1 to Enyimba FC of Aba at Agege Stadium, Lagos after League Management Company (LMC) had banished them to the center of excellence for two home matches.
According to him, “sometimes you lost a game like this to inexperience, the team must be beefed up, it is mandatory.
“My players are not bad, but we still need a few quality players to join them. We should be ready to play anywhere and I just hope the level playing ground here should be obtainable everywhere,” he said.
It was Samson Obi’s second half goal that separated Enyimba FC of Aba and Sunshine Stars FC in the Agege encounter.
It was also a defeat for the Akure side in the first of the two home matches it will play at the venue, following a recent order by the LMC.
Sunshine Stars begin the game with the home away from home approach, creating early chances through Uzochukwu Ugonna and Sadeeq Yusuf who threatened the Enyimba goal area with long range efforts.
In the 19th minute, Kehinde Adeyemi also surged forward with a curling effort which was deflected for a corner. The resulting setplay offered another chance for him and Ajani Ibrahim but Enyimba’s backline was wary of any slip.
Ten minutes later, Uche Okafor was called into action for Sunshine Stars, gathering quickly from a miscued effort by Victor Mbaoma.
Sunshine Stars could have broken the deadlock in the 42nd minute, but Yusuf didnt make the most of a one-time chance with the goalkeeper, sending his attempt wide as the game went into the break goalless.
Enyimba broke the deadlock ten minutes after the restart through Samson Obi who finished off from long John Noble’s kick, which Sunshine Stars failed to deal with.
The Akure Landlords went close to equalizing late in the second half through Tope Akande whose header off a freekick from Abe Sunday could not go beyond Noble.
Ugonna followed up with another tame header in added time, but Noble gathered for Enyimba with no trouble with the visitors running out winners.
Sunshine Stars defeat to Enyimba made it nine winless matches for the Akure Landlords and sit 14th on the league log.