Newly promoted Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Remo Stars have qualified for the semi finals of the Gold Cup Preseason Tournament after defeating non league side, FC Yobo 3-2 in the final round of Group B match.
The Sky Blue Stars started like a house on fire and it paid off in the 2nd minute after Ekene Awazie scored from a nice build up.
Ekene doubled the lead with a beautiful finish just after 15 minutes into the game before Chukuma Emmanuel pull one back for FC Yobo in the 37th minute of the game.
Yobo FC started the second half brilliantly but couldn't make it count early enough to level up against the NPFL newcomers.
In the 52nd minute of the game, Francis Nwako rounded the FC Robo goalkeeper to shoot into the net to make the scoreline 3-1.
FC Yobo missed couple of chances before Bright Ogbonna scored with a sublime freekick to end the game on an interesting note.
Remo Stars garnered 8 points from four matches and will be up against an unconfirmed opponent from group A on Thursday evening.
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