A fine strike from Daniel Effiong in the 47th minute proved more than enough for Dino SC, to earn another victory over the hosts in style.

However, followers of the league have continued to discus the impact of Kator Orjime had after his Man of the Match display.

Kator Orjime was the brightest star on parade as Dino Sporting Club ended poor run of results with the slim victory.

Orjime had a splendid outing and was unplayable against the Lagos based Gbagada FC at the Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium.

Dino SC came into the game hovering dangerously around the bottom of the log, having won just once from last five games.

The Coach Godwin Gibson’s men needed someone to step up against stubborn a Gbagada and Orjime was man who ran the show and took the fight to the victors.

Orjime is considered to be one of the best players in the Creative Championship League.

In fact, he is the footballer who won the heart of the fans and it wasn’t shocking when he was awarded the player of the match award on Saturday.

Orjime’s influence at Dino SC is obvious. He has shone regularly for the TCC Cup holders this season and Coach Godwin Gibson will be banking on him to deliver another masterclass against Iganmu Tigers FC come Wednesday.

However the boys will the aiming to banish the ghosts of defeats and return to winning ways when they welcome the Blue Eagles of Gbagada in their TCC MatchDay 7 fixture.

Hovering dangerously around the bottom of the log, Coach Godwin Gibson’s men have managed only one win in their last five outings.

The problem with team seems to be defending, rather than goal-scoring.

They have scored in four of their last five games, but they are paying for failing to shutout their opponents.

In addition, they have kept just one clean sheet all season long, and have shipped in 11 goals in their current TCC campaign.

At home this weekend, they have to tackle a Gbagada team that bounced back to winning ways last week – against Valiant.

The Blue Eagles may just have momentum on their side going into this game.

However, the TCC Cup holders will be hoping for a good day in front of their home crowd… and maximum points to crown a good day’s work at the office.

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Dino have managed to keep only one clean sheet this season. Leaky

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Head Coach of Dino Sporting Club, Godwin Gibson has praised his side’s remarkable character in their comeback win over Gbagada FC to secure a place in the 2022 Creative Championship Cup final.

Dino rallied to record 1-1 draw against their rivals before producing wonderful performance in the shootouts that ended 4-3 in favor Samuel Columbus boys on Sunday at the Remo Stadium in Ikenne.

Akibu had shot Gbagada into a first half lead before Hassan Agbede equalized for Dino with five minutes to full time.

An elated Gibson told OnwardNews24 after the game that his boys’ resolve not to give earned them a place in the final which they would strive to win.

“It was a well contested game and I don’t know what to say, I’m very impressed with the players. We conceded a goal in the first half and they came back ,and kept fighting until we got the equalizer.”

“It was a very good performance. We created many chances, but couldn’t finish them. However I thank God that we managed to pull through at the tail end.”

The victory means, Dino SC will face Beyond Limits in the final after the TCC League champions pipped Imperial FC in the second semi final and Coach Gibson said his side will be ready to for it.

We are aware of their qualities, we have played them before as well, so we’ll go back and continue working. It is our desire to lift this cup and we have to continue working to achieve this.” Godwin Gibson concluded.

The Lagos Derby billed for the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere will have top brass of the Nigerian football family in attendance as Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 1st Vice-President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi will have the honour to perform ceremonial kickoff rituals, to herald the new NLO season.

Mohammed Akali, Chairman of the NLO, “Getting matches on television is relatively expensive. So one of the positive steps the NLO management took to ensuring games are shown live with a cost-effective budget was the launch of the NLO.TV App.

“The livestream of the Smart City versus Gbagada FC game on NLO.TV will it first this season, and this opens a new chapter on how we intend to use visual technology via an application to showcase our grassroot football to Nigerians, who are one of the highest data consumers and to a wilder audience, as the world is now a Global Village.

“Launched few months ago, during the Optima Energy NLO Super 8 Tourney in Ikenne was used as test run for the television and video viewing application.

“It was a success story as we recorded more than two million views on the NLO.TV App during the Super 8, with the final between Destiny Boys and Compos FC as the most viewed match, as it turned out to be an epic grand finale.

“Nevertheless, the NLO.TV app which is user friendly have also been upgraded to accommodate other features which was noticed during the test run.

“We hope to definitely sustain the livestream of subsequent matches on the NLO.TV App, as when clubs grassroot football becomes more appealing to Nigerians, it will drive small revenue as brand will place adverts on the App.”

The match was played at the Otunba Dipo Dina stadium in Ijebu ode on Sunday and Dino went into the game at the back of their 2 – 0 away win over Emmydinho football club of Lagos.

Dino started like house on fire against visiting Gbagada FC, dominated, created numerous scoring opportunities, but they were let down by poor finishing in front of goal.

Elijah Adekunle who scored a brace in the previous game against Emmydinho, had the first real opportunity of the match, but he failed to hit the with his effort.

Another chance fell to Ezekiel Ahamefula and again the exciting youngster failed convert the opportunity from close range.

The team continued to search for the all important breakthrough in the second half, again, the bench watched in agony as Fabrice Konin and Hyacinth Ogonna wasted the golden opportunities in quick succession.

The club searched in vain for the opener, but Gbagada FC defended well for later part of the game to deny them more sight at goal.

The club however will be hoping to find their potency in front of goal when they take on Iganmu Football Club in next match.