{"id":366834,"date":"2011-04-04T14:58:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T14:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/nigeria-sowemimo-assures-of-pillars-victory\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T14:58:20","slug":"nigeria-sowemimo-assures-of-pillars-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/nigeria-sowemimo-assures-of-pillars-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Sowemimo Assures of Pillars&#8217; Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"53.020802812775\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leadershipnigeria.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leadership<\/a> (Abuja)\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 3 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Abdulwasiu Sowemimo is upbeat that Kano Pillars will upturn the table against visiting Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in today&#8217;s decisive Orange CAF Champions League round of 16 second league game at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano.<\/p>\n<p>Kano Pillars lost 0-2 to the Moroccans two weeks ago in Casablanca in the first leg.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria international vowed to supersport.com that their aim was to end the ambition of the North Africans in this year&#8217;s edition of the Orange CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will try our best to win the encounter and progress to the next round. We do not have any option or excuse not to beat them in Kano.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be really tough, considering the fact that we lost 2-0 in the first leg but we have no choice but to redeem the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2009 we played beyond this stage of the competition and it is our target to contest for the title this time round. So Wydad will not stop us,&#8221; the centre-back said.<\/p>\n<p>Sowemimo said Kano Pillars are mindful of the fact that Wydad will come with all sorts of tricks, including playing defensive, and promised such tactics will be the Moroccans&#8217; greatest undoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chances are that they are coming to play defensive and employ delay tactics. I want to assure you that will undo them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let them come up with any form of tricks, we are ready to march them, as they will not escape defeat in Kano,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kano Pillars are likely to have the services of the quartet of Bala Mohammed, Sherif Isa, Shagari Mohammed and Mannir Ubale who were sorely missed in the first leg a fortnight ago due to injuries,while Joseph Thompson will sit out of the crucial tie due to an injury.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104040885.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Sowemimo Assures of Pillars' Victory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Sowemimo Assures of Pillars&#8217; Victory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Leadership (Abuja) 3 April 2011 Abdulwasiu Sowemimo is upbeat that Kano Pillars will upturn the table against visiting Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in today&#8217;s decisive Orange CAF Champions League round of 16 second league game at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano. Kano Pillars lost 0-2 to the Moroccans two weeks ago in Casablanca in the first leg. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Sowemimo Assures of Pillars&#039; Victory - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/nigeria-sowemimo-assures-of-pillars-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Sowemimo Assures of Pillars&#039; Victory - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Leadership (Abuja) 3 April 2011 Abdulwasiu Sowemimo is upbeat that Kano Pillars will upturn the table against visiting Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in today&#039;s decisive Orange CAF Champions League round of 16 second league game at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano. 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