Rivers Utd were handed the blues on Saturday as Remo Stars came from behind to beat them 2-1 on MatchDay3 of 2018 Gold Cup Tourney courtsey of a second half brace by Ekene Awazie.
It was a game of two halves with Rivers Utd dominating the 1st while Awazie was the torn in the flesh on the Garden City team in the second.
It took thirty-eight minute for Stanley Eguma led Rivers Utd to score their first goal of the tourney as Rasaq Adebayo blasted his side forward with a cool finish after outclassing Remo defenders.
Remo Stars had goalkeeper, Olisa Nwoye to thank as Rivers Utd should have made it 2-0 in the opening six minutes of the second half.
As the game got close to its one hour mark, Ekene Awazie leveled the scoreline for Remo Stars profiting from a sloppy defending by Rivers Utd.
With seven minutes to end the game, Awazie then capped his evening scoring a brace and winning goal for the Sky Blue Stars as he put the ball past Biodun Akande.
Awazie is now joint top scorer in the Gold Cup Tourney with Kwara Utd Segun Alebiosu.
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