The Technical Adviser of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Gbenga Ogunbote, was pleased his team kick-started the season with a point on the road.
However, the tactician revealed that he would have been happier had his side clinched the maximum points against Nasarawa United.
Samuel Ayanrinde came off the bench four minutes from time to cancel out the Solid Miners' goal, scoring in added time to ensure a share of the spoils.
Oracle, as the gaffer is popularly known, described the result as a 'two-point loss' for his team.
"Being the first game, I want to say I'm happy for the one point because it is better than nothing, but as far as I'm concerned, it's a two-point loss for me because it's a game we needed to have wrapped up. But going home with a point, I think it's enough to console us."
Speaking further, the former Remo Stars, Sunshine Stars, and Rangers International handler explained that he knew his side would not lose the game, even when it appeared the homers would run away with the one-goal lead.
"I didn't see us losing the game. All we needed to do was get ourselves stabilized and take authority. The moment we did that, you could see the chances kept coming."
"The team (Nasarawa United) just got promoted. You need to see their fight in the first half. All we needed to do was soak up the pressure, and having done that, we came all out in the second half," added the ex-Enyimba FC tactician.
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