{"id":466429,"date":"2011-07-22T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/22\/kwara-out-of-league-title-chase-says-ikhana\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T22:00:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T22:00:47","slug":"kwara-out-of-league-title-chase-says-ikhana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/kwara-out-of-league-title-chase-says-ikhana\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwara out of league title chase, says Ikhana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ime Bassey and KATE OBODO
Technical adviser of Kwara United, Kadiri Ikhana has disclosed that his team do not stand any chance of winning the Nigerian Premier League but may pick a continental ticket at the end of the season mathematically.<\/p>\n

The former Enyimba gaffer stressed that their loss to Shooting Stars of Ibadan has finally nailed their\u00a0\u00a0 dream of\u00a0 winning the title again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must say that our mathematical chance of staying in the title challenge this season is over with last weekend\u2019s loss to 3SC.<\/p>\n

In our previous game we lost to Bukola Babes by 0 \u2013 3 at home. We came to Ibadan with the hope of getting a result to keep that mathematical chance of staying in the race on.\u201cBut unfortunately for us, we didn\u2019t show that hunger to fight for the points. So as it is now, we are out of the title race all together.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we still have a chance of getting to the continent with the remaining games though that also comes with a mathematical chance,\u201d Ikhana said.<\/p>\n

Crown FC boss blame wards for Bukola Babes victory<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chairman of Crown FC of Ogbomoso, Gabriel Babalola has blamed his players for\u00a0 last Sunday\u2019s\u00a0 defeat against Bukola Babes at the Ilorin Township Stadium. Crown failed to improve on their games in order\u00a0 to avoid\u00a0 relegation\u00a0 pressure when they lost to Bukola Babes on the same home ground they share.<\/p>\n

According to the Crown FC boss, \u201cthe team started well at\u00a0 the beginning of the game\u00a0 but ended badly,\u201d adding, \u201cit is rather painful as it has affected our position in the league\u201d.<\/p>\n

With a few weeks to go to the end of the 2010\/2011 session, he said they have no choice but to do their\u00a0 best to escape relegation as he fears the team might contend with tough opponents in subsequent matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is rather unfortunate that we are in a critical situation which will only\u00a0 take the grace of God for us to overcome.\u00a0 With our position now, we\u00a0 are drawing close to relegation but by the grace of\u00a0\u00a0 God, we will overcome,\u201d Babalola said.<\/p>\n

When asked if the officiating for last Sunday\u00a0 was fair, he said: \u201cLoosing\u00a0 to Bukola Babes was not officiating problem.\u00a0 I must confess the officiating was fair.<\/p>\n

The referee was fair on both sides, sometimes in football you win\u00a0 and at other\u00a0 times you\u00a0 lose but\u00a0 it is so\u00a0 painful especially now that\u00a0 we are drawing close to relegation. But like I said earlier, we will scale through. I believe it\u00a0 is not over until it is over,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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