Embattled Naze Miilionaires gave themselves hope of survival on Sunday after they held the Promise Keepers to a goalless draw at the \u2018Next of Champions\u2019 in Uyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akwa United failed to make their dominance count as they dropped points at home against relegation threatened side, Heartland FC of Owerri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Uyo based side and defending champions earned a penalty after Jimoh Gbadamosi pulled down David Onovo in the penalty area in the 14 minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trumpeta sports desk also gathered that a Heartland official while trying to protest the call got sent off as the game got rowdy after the decision of the referee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The host failed to convert the spot after Femi Thomas, Heartland Goalkeeper who obviously was cloud nine reacted to Ubong Friday’s poor delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another penalty was given to the \u2018Promise Keepers\u2019 as they are fondly called after David Onovo was brought down while heading a rebound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Femi Thomas once again was spontaneous to save another Friday’s penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Opta Nigeria, Femi Thomas became the first goalkeeper to save two penalty kicks in an NPFL game since 2017 after Ojo Olorunleke against Niger Tornadoes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Naze Millionaires goal tender thus becomes the first goalkeeper to save 2 penalty kicks (19′ & 25′) in an NPFL match since March 2017 when Ojo Olorunleke saved 2 penalty kicks (4′ & 67′) for Sunshine Stars against Niger Tornadoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Akwa United couldn’t convert any tangible chances as Kennedy Boboye’s side settled for a stalemate against the rejuvenated Heartland side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday’s draw was the third for the Promise Keepers at the \u2018Nest of Champions\u2019 this season as they sit in the eighth position with 17 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Heartland will on Thursday face Lobi Stars of Makurdi at the Dan Anyiam stadium, Owerri after their midweek encounter was moved forward by LMC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Embattled Naze Miilionaires gave themselves hope of survival on Sunday after they held the Promise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM-300x249.jpeg",300,249,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"elegant-magazine-featured":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",482,400,false],"elegant-magazine-medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",458,380,false],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",241,200,false],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-14-at-7.57.12-PM.jpeg",50,41,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35238,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35236\/revisions\/35238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}