{"id":59956,"date":"2025-01-26T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T09:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59956"},"modified":"2025-01-26T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T09:59:48","slug":"sunshine-stars-edge-ikorodu-city-in-goal-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/26\/sunshine-stars-edge-ikorodu-city-in-goal-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Stars Edge Ikorodu City in Goal Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Stars FC of Akure marked the second half of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Ikorodu City FC on Saturday at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne.<\/p>\n<p>The Akure-based side dominated the first half, racing to a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Linman Ahmadu struck first in the 16th minute, followed by Promise Awosanmi\u2019s rebound four minutes later. Alao Danlami added a third, capitalizing on Ogechukwu Ogbu\u2019s precise cross.<\/p>\n<p>Ikorodu City\u2019s Shola Adelani pulled one back before halftime, and the Lagos side pressed hard in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their efforts, Danlami\u2019s second goal proved decisive, sealing the win for Sunshine Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Stars\u2019 Head Coach, Bobola Akonfolarin, praised his team\u2019s attacking display but acknowledged defensive shortcomings, promising improvements ahead of their Match Day 21 clash with Bayelsa United.<\/p>\n<p>The victory lifts Sunshine Stars to 24 points in the NPFL standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Sunshine Stars FC of Akure marked the second half of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Ikorodu City FC on Saturday at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne. The Akure-based side dominated the first half, racing to a 3-1 lead. Linman Ahmadu struck first in the 16th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59956","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\/59956","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59958,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59956\/revisions\/59958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}