{"id":3701,"date":"2019-11-19T21:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2019-11-19T21:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:52:04","slug":"handball-national-league-bayelsa-united-gains-ticket-to-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3701","title":{"rendered":"Handball National League:\u00a0\u00a0Bayelsa United Gains Ticket To Semi Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Handball National League:\u00a0\u00a0Bayelsa United Gains Ticket To Semi Final<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Zainab Tanimu<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The encounter between Bayelsa United and Benue Buffalos in the ongoing\u00a0Handball National Division One League in Kaduna, has paved way for the Bayelsa United team\u00a0to qualify for the semi final of the championship.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The encounter which ended 27 &#8211; 27 points, gave Bayelsa United the upper hand.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>In its previous matches, the Bayelsa United had beaten Ogun, Kano, Benue and lost to Delta.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>While coming from behind with eleven points at the half time, the team sprang a surprise to edge out Benue Buffaloes at the second half of the encounter from qualifying into the semi-final.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Speaking to newsmen shortly after the match, the Coach of Bayelsa United, Opuene Robot, disclosed that the most difficult time for his team was the encounter with its Delta counterpart.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Although, Robot was optimistic of defeating Delta team in future encounter, just as he promised his team will gain promotion into the premiership.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>He assured that their next game will record a lot of improvements as they are working towards how to bring in some professionals.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>&#8220;To improve on our game, we need to work more on the wingers.&#8221; He added.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handball National League:\u00a0\u00a0Bayelsa United Gains Ticket To Semi Final Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria The encounter between Bayelsa United and Benue Buffalos in the ongoing\u00a0Handball National Division One League in Kaduna, has paved way for the Bayelsa United team\u00a0to qualify for the semi final of the championship. 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