{"id":14786,"date":"2024-01-16T11:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=14786"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:11:59","slug":"npfl24-sporting-lagos-draws-in-south-west-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/16\/npfl24-sporting-lagos-draws-in-south-west-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"NPFL24: Sporting Lagos Draws in South West Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adekunle Samuel<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was an intense encounter at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena as Sporting Lagos and Shooting Stars battled fiercely in a South West Derby, with the Noisy Lagosians hungry for a victory to alleviate their relegation concerns, as reported by Abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/.<\/p>\n<p>The home team, Sporting Lagos, started the game with intent but struggled to break through Shooting Stars&#8217; resolute defense in the initial 23 minutes. The match maintained a tense atmosphere, with better ball possession in favor of Sporting Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>As the game progressed, Shooting Stars launched a purposeful attack in the 28th minute, but Sporting\u2019s goalkeeper, Christian Nwoke, made a crucial save to deny the away team the lead. The pressure continued to mount on Sporting Lagos as Shooting Stars earned two quick corner kicks in the 32nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was Sporting Lagos that broke the deadlock with a spectacular outside-box rocket by Chinedu Ufere, putting them in the lead at 1-0 in the 41st minute. The celebration was short-lived as Sporting committed a blunder in the box, leading to a goal by Kareem Ademola for Shooting Stars, leveling the score at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>The drama continued with a penalty awarded to Sporting Lagos, adding to the chaos of the match. Sporting regained the lead in the 45+8th minute just before the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes into the second half, Shooting Stars responded with an equalizer by Adelowo Gbolagade, creating a breathtaking end-to-end affair.<\/p>\n<p>The intensity persisted into the second half, with Shooting Stars dominating with incessant attacks, while Sporting Lagos faced immense pressure to secure a win.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a penalty appeal by Sporting Lagos being turned down, both teams displayed skill throughout the match, seeking a winner which never came through. Captain Vincent Akpikpi was shown a straight red for a rash challenge on Ayodeji Bamidele.<\/p>\n<p>Placed 16th on the log, the last time Sporting Lagos won a game was 43 days ago in a 1-0 victory over Katsina United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adekunle Samuel It was an intense encounter at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena as Sporting Lagos and Shooting Stars battled fiercely in a South West Derby, with the Noisy Lagosians hungry for a victory to alleviate their relegation concerns, as reported by Abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/. The home team, Sporting Lagos, started the game with intent but struggled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14791,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14786\/revisions\/14791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}