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The hopes of
Nigeria retaining the COPA Coca-Cola football trophy, won last year
came crashing yesterday as the country’s representative were defeated
3-1 by Uganda in a penalty shoot out.

The Nigerian team
held their Ugandan counterparts one all at regulation time, but failed
to hold on in the ensuing penalty shoot out and thus got eliminated at
the quarter final stage of the competition. Former Super Eagle player,
Victor Ikpeba, and coach of COPA Coca-Cola Nigeria team however rained
praises on his boys for giving the match all their best but stating
that it was unfortunate that the boys lost through penalty shoot out.

Ikpeba who spoke
with journalists after the Nigeria team was eliminated said the
tournament has helped the young players to show case their talents in
the game of football. The former Super Eagles striker added that the
game has helped to bring unity among different African states and the
championship players have had the opportunity to learn from each other.

He congratulated Coca-Cola and the participants at this year’s
competition, and stated that some of the young footballers will soon
rule Africa sometime in the future. He used the opportunity to plead
with the team’s sponsor to continue the sponsorship of the game while
also soliciting that they should take the game round other
participating countries in order to give the hosting team a sense of
belonging.