Umar Dahiru scored a hat-trick as Kano Pillars beat Plateau 3-2 on Monday to advance to the final of para-soccer at the ongoing Para-Sports Games in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the match was played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.
NAN reports that Plateau suffered a 2-0 loss to the FCT on Sunday, while Kano Pillars remain unbeaten after defeating Lagos 9-1 to reach the quarter final.
Dahiru who was in an exceptional form for Pillars struck in the 26th minute and increased the tally in the 37th minute.
Dahiru struck again in the 44th minute via an assist by Ibrahim Hashim to make three for Pillars.
Speaking after the match, Ibrahim Musa, the coach of Pillars said his players were impressive, adding that they understand each other.
“We will be facing the FCT team on Tuesday by 4.30 pm. It will not be a stress like that of Plateau because this is not my first time to encounter them,” he said.
On his side, Vogam David, coach of Plateau praised his players in spite losing the match.
He said that he did not expect the players to play the way they did in the absence of key players.
“We are going back to the drawing board to restrategised for our third place match.
“Hopefully, we will never go back home without winning a trophy in spite that we lost our title on Sunday.
In another semi final match, FCT defeated their Kaduna counterparts 1-0 in the semifinals.
Nine states are participating in the Para-soccer competition. They are Kwara, Lagos, FCT Abuja, Bauchi, Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Jigawa and Plateau States.
NAN reports that a total of 15 sporting events are featuring in the second edition of the Para-Sports Games.
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