Chike Egbunu-Olimene’s boys fought off a late challenge from the Blazers to secure progress into the last four of the university tournament
Obafemi Awolowo University qualified for the semi-final of the Higher Institution Football League (HiFl) despite a 2-1 defeat against Lagos State University on Wednesday.
Having secured a 2-0 first-leg win in Ile-Ife, Ayotunde Faleti’s opener for Chike Egbunu-Olimene’s boys in Lagos proved crucial to render Zacchaeus Ajose and Daniel Okerefor's efforts as mere consolation as OAU cruised into the next stage of the tournament on a 3-2 aggregate win.
LASU started the game brightly as they aimed to overturn a two-goal first-leg deficit with Akinola Lafeef coming close to scoring in the fifth minute after launching a shot toward goal but his effort was saved by goalkeeper Ebire Abiodun.