{"id":34337,"date":"2021-11-18T20:42:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T20:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=34337"},"modified":"2021-11-22T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:41:06","slug":"tico-select-pre-season-firstmahi-fc-shows-resilience-in-narrow-loss-to-heartland-tackles-rivers-united-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=34337","title":{"rendered":"TICO\/SELECT Pre Season: Firstmahi FC Shows Resilience In Narrow Loss To Heartland ..Tackles Rivers United Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>After two days of coming together, one of the fastest growing football side in the nation, Firstmahi FC shoed some resilience in their second game at the Ifeanyi Ekwueme TICO\/SELECT pre season tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Firstmahi almost created the first major upset of the tournament in Owerri center when the newly found team hit the wood work and lost a last 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