By Abdulgafar Oladimeji.
Kano Pillars fans have continued to groan over what they described as wobble and fumble performance of their darling side in the build to their continental campaign against AS Giraffe of Senegal slated for Demba Diop stadium next weekend in Dakar.
Kano Pillars FC adherents have continued to bemoan the 5-0 defeat suffered by Sai Masu Gida in the hands of their arch-rivals Nassarawa United in a Warm Friendly match played at Ahmadu Bello stadium in Kaduna last Saturday.
Pillars started the woeful journey in the 4th minute, when they concede the opener from the Solid Miners, the coach Emmanuel Soccia tutored side lack bite upfront and fortress in the rear lines, as they further conceded four goals to earn a humiliating score line, 5-0.
Angry fans have continued to bamboozle social media handles with divided thoughts over the state of the team as the big CAF continental cracker approaches.
The stakeholders captured by our reporter reacted respectively “ Kano Pillars have never face such a trash.”
“We have started speaking French.”
“We have to look at this issue from a different dimension, there is a lot of matter in Pillars,it is embarrassing gaskiya 5-0.”said the Pillars Fans
“what are we waiting for to sack the coaches and management.”
“it is like pillars are not yet ready for continental something needs to be done, if not the Senegalese will come and embarrass us.” The football fans stated in their outburst.
When quizzed on the outburst by their fans, Kano Pillars media officer, Rilwan Idris Malikawa Garu said “we are very sorry, we apologize for our mistakes.
“We have learned our lessons, it is a wake-up scoreline, we know the people are not happy with us. We made a mistake and we paid for it.
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“We just finished meeting with the players this morning(Sunday), they asked for forgiveness and we are assuring Kano Pillars fans and people of Kano that next week by this time they will be celebrating, after our match in Senegal.
“We did not expect what happened on Saturday, we are apologizing.
The chairman of Kano Pillars football club, Suraju Johnbull reacting to the battering of his lads shrugged off the scoreline, he said the technical crew and backroom staff will retreat to the drawing board to make amends to avoid causality, when they file out against the Senegalese side next weekend in far away Dakar.
Kano Pillars technical adviser, Emmanuel Lionel Soccia blamed the heavy scoreline inflicted on his lads on fatigue, lamenting that the players performed below expectations.
