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It is certainly going to be a test of loyalty, patriotism and professionalism for the Technical Manager of Bendel Insurance FC, Benard Ogbe on Saturday when the Benin Arsenals engage the tactician's home state team Lobi Stars of Makurdi in the ongoing Okowa Preseason Tournament in Asaba.
The Benue born Insurance technical manager led his side to a 2-0 win over Remo Stars in one of the day 2 encounters of the tournament which kicked of on Wednesday.
Imade Osarenkhoe's brace gave Benard Ogbe a convincing victory in his first competitive game in charge of Insurance and will like to beat Lobi Stars being a an attack minded coach.
The game scheduled to kick off by 4.0PM at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, promises to be explosive looking at their past meeting experiences.
Both teams are not new to each other as they measured their strength in the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season with win and lose apiece.
Insurance defeated them by a lone goal in Benin but they replied the Benin Arsenals by same goal margin in the return leg in Makurdi.
Both won their first game each in the ongoing tournament as Lobi narrowly beat Cynosure FC by 1-0 to get same three points with Insurance who top the Group B by a goal difference.
Speaking after the Remo Stars game at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Thursday evening,Coach Benard Ogbe who praised Insurers' for their strong character against Remo Stars said he is in Asaba to use the tournament to assess the level of his rebuilding work on Bendel Insurance FC team.
"It was a good start for us. We are going to build up ahead of the remaining games.
We have about four to five games to play here and we hope for improvement.
Presently, we are trying to rejig our team to see how we can be at the top again.
Insurance is not supposed to be at NNL.
We are supposed to be with our contemporaries like Rangers,Enyimba and others at the top flight level." Ogbe stressed.
The Insurance manager is optimistic that Bendel Insurance FC can bounce back and become a dreaded side others should be scared of.
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