Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) concluded their assignment for the month of December as well as tbe first round of the 2024/25 season on a winning note, thanks to a hard earned one nil win over Kwara United of Ilorin.
It was a victory the Ibadan soccer lords bravely grabbed, as they were stretched to the limit by the visitors
Mustapha Adams Agba’a emerged the hero as he came off the bench, after replacing injured Anthony Okachi, to convert a free kick awarded the Oluyole Warriors towards the tail end of the first half.
The Stars took the slender lead into the break, but met a stubborn Kwara United on resumption for the second half.
The lively, well contested and entertaining game saw both sides battling grit for grit for most part of the encounter.
However, it was the coach Gbenga Ogunbote tutored Warriors who had the last laugh owing largely to solid defending.
The win ensured the Ibadan soccer lords ended the first round of the season on high, placing third with 33 points from 19 matches, three points adrift of league leader, Remo Stars.
