Gold Cup: Bring on Remo Stars, Abe Sunday roars

By Akeem Lawal 

SUNSHINE Stars captain Abe Sunday has boasted that the Owena Waves are ready to take on Remo Stars in the semifinals of the ongoing Gold Cup tournament on Thursday at the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure.

The Akure based side defeated Cynosure FC 1-0 courtesy of Kehinde Adedipe’s 65th minute strike to top the Group B table on 10 points.

In a chat with Sportsbiz7247.blogspot.com after the encounter, Abe said, “First and foremost, I give God the glory for the victory. We have not lost any match since the beginning of the tournament. I also thank my colleagues and the coaching crew for working hard together to get this result.

“Cynosure is a good team with good players. My father used to say that, “a tank full of water doesn’t make noise and it is those that doesn’t have water that makes noise.” We are professionals and have a lot of experience players and coaches. We have prepared well for them and you can see that with the way we played today.

“We are not scared of Remo Stars   because this is our career, this is our profession, so we have to work hard and correct our mistakes and do better in the next game.

While assuring the new technical adviser, Suleiman Dogo of players’ loyalty, Abe commended the organizers of the Gold Cup tournament for the initiative.

“Coach Dogo is a good coach. I have known him for a long time, I have played against his team and know what he can offer. On behalf of my colleagues, we are ready to cooperate with him to make sure we get good results.

“I want to commend the organizers for putting up this kind of preseason tournament. It is helping us to prepare ahead of the new season. They should continue with such initiative,” Abe said.

Semi final fixtures:
Kwara United vs Cynosure FC (4pm Wednesday)

Sunshine Stars vs Remo Stars (4pm Thursday)