Paul Offor, the head coach of Sporting Lagos, was relieved after witnessing his team break their two-game winless streak in the Nigeria Premier Football League.
Thanks to first-half goals from Jonathan Alukwu and Junior Lokosa, the underdog team secured a 2-1 triumph against Niger Tornadoes at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan on Sunday night.
Offor considered the victory a significant morale boost for his squad.
“We’re very happy with the victory because it’s a game we needed to win to climb the table. Going two games without a win, we really needed this,” he told the club’s official website.
On rotating the squad due to injuries: “We’ve been unlucky this season. We now have four of our centre backs injured in first-halves of the games we’ve played. We had to use Nnamdi, a defensive midfielder, in defense today, and I’m happy with his performance and the fact that we were able to get a result,” he added.
The young tactician also spoke about his side’s next game against Kwara United.
“We hope to build on what we have done today and pick up all three points on the road. We need the away points. The faster we get them, the better for us,” he said.
