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2023/2024 NPFL Match Day 38: Upset as Bendel Insurance ends 2024 football season in home defeat

Posted : 24 June 2024

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It was an unpleasant experience for Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin on the last day of the 2024 Nigeria Premier Football League season as they got the shock of their lives when relegation-threatened Bayelsa United handed them a 2-0 defeat before their home fans in Benin.


The Benin Arsenals had earlier lost the Match Day 37 game 2-0 to Rangers International last week at the coal city, which earned the Flying Antelopes the league title with a match to spare.


The injury-plagued Insurance side expected to cover their lost ground in the season-ending encounter at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, only to get the shocking result in the presence of their proprietors and fans.


Ekeson Okorie got the early breakthrough for the visitors in the 5th minute of play with a low drive that left Joshua Baba helpless.


In the 35th minute, Garando Tekena doubled the lead after Insurance strikers had wasted several scoring chances.


It was a neat header without any challenge after Joshua Baba had parried the first two strikes.


Coach Monday Odigie, not pleased with the results, made double substitutions for Insurance in the 73rd minute, with Divine Nwachukwu and Julius Emiloju giving way to Sheyi Okeowo and Raymond Ikhenona in his bid to strengthen the attack.


Odigie's changes, however, improved his side's performance, but the hosts looked jinxed as all their efforts could not change the result.


Recall that Insurance also lost to Bayelsa United by the same margin when they met in the first round of the league in Bayelsa.


The result at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium means that Insurance ended the league in the middle of the table with 53 points.

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