Winnipeg, Canada — E be like say Valour FC don find dem groove small small o! For last Tuesday night, dem gree play better ball as dem take beat Cavalry FC 2-1 for Princess Auto Stadium, with 2,369 fans wey dey cheer dem on. Na first time this season wey dem don fit win two matches for row since last August. E be like say dey don finally jam some mid-summer magic wey fit help dem turn their luck around.
Now, Valour don sit for sixth position for the Canadian Premier League (CPL) table, still dey chasing fifth-position HFX Wanderers, wey get 7 wins, and wey dey hold the last playoff spot. Despite sey Valour record now na 4 wins, 10 draws, and 2 losses, dem dey ginger to climb back to the top. “That was a solid team performance,” na wetin Valour’s GM and head coach, Phillip Dos Santos, talk after the match. E even add sey, “I tell the boys before, it’s better make we dey lose together than to dey win alone,”
Valour FC come show say dem fit play proper football that night. Dem even get big save from goalkeeper Jonathan Viscosi just less than 30 seconds into the match. Even though Cavalry dey hold ball pass (58.7 percent possession to Valour 41.3), Valour still manage send 12 shots to the goal, four na on target. Na from corner kick wey Themi Antonoglou take serve, Zach Fernandez open the scoring for Valour in 23rd minute, and Myles Morgan follow follow with another goal in 56th minute. As e be, Valour no dey waste time to shine.
“I just put the ball for the right area and our guys sabi how to head ball,” Antonoglou talk after the match. He say winning against Vancouver FC for away ground no easy, and coming back home to collect three points na correct step forward. “We dey take am game by game, na dat one go help us.”
But no forget say Cavalry no gree just lie down make dem dey collect goals. In 60th minute, di former Valour captain, Diego Gutierrez, come reduce the score after wey dem give am chance. Things come dey hot for extra time, as red cards and yellow cards dey rain; Valour collect three yellow cards and one red, while Cavalry no dey left behind too.
Next weekend, Valour go face Forge FC for Hamilton before dem come back home play Atlético Ottawa on August 10th. Dos Santos still dey maintain his belief say the team go fit climb back to contention. “Na one game at a time; we just dey focus on the next match,” he talk. The players go need all the jara of encouragement wey dem fit get, and after these wins, dem don dey begin believe in themselves.
So we dey look forward to wetin go happen next! Will Valour carry dis new spirit go the next matches? Abeg, make we all dey watch as dem dey sabi show us some fireworks!
