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The co-ordinator of
the Collin Edwin U-13 Youth Football Championship, Ossy Nwokobia, has
expressed satisfaction at the successful organisation of the just
concluded tournament. He said: “We are both happy and surprised at the
turn up. You know this is the first time we tried something like this
and we have been encouraged.” He has also expressed hope that
sponsorship would come from corporate bodies, so that the development
of sports at the grassroots will continue.

BRF fall by at the semi final

The quarter-final
match of the U-13 Youth Foot ball Championship between BRF FA and
Odofin FA started at about 10 am on Friday. BRF were the better side
with well coordinated passes and beautiful team work. With their no. 11
shirt, Solaja and their goal scorer, Oladele Hakeem in form, it was
expected that it would be a goals galore but it was not to be so
because Odofin FA were also up to the task as throughout the first
half, they gave their opponents no chance to score.

Five minutes into
the second half, Oladele Hakeem was able to find the net and score
their first goal. Fifteen minutes later, Rilwan Aroworanwon made it 2-0
and five minutes to the end of the game Olusola Balogun made it three
goals to nothing.

The BRF team was
not able to take their scoring form to the semi-finals which took place
on Saturday. They had been deemed to be the tournaments’ favourites and
commentators had predicted that they would win the Cup but it was not
to be so.

They were stopped
by Soccer Pro FC who beat BRF FA 5-3 on penalties. BRF played New
Generation FC for third place. In the first half, only one goal was
scored in favour of New Generation FC by Awolesi Quadri. BRF equalised
in the 25th minutes. There were further goals in the second half but
the game was decided by penalties. New Generation won 5-4 to claim
third place.

Soccer Pro prove bookmakers wrong

In the final match,
Soccer Pro FC came from behind to win the tournament. Weekend Soccer
Academy took the lead in the first half to and ended the first half
1-0. They also scored early in the second half but Soccer Pro responded
with two goals to equalise and made it 2-2. The decider, however, came
in the 75th when Raimi Oloye converted a free kick to goal. Speaking on
the victory of his team, Coach Obinna of Soccer Pro FA said: “Today am
happy that we’ve made history, we lost our second game in the group
stage but we were able to bounce back, I had the premonition that we
will win this cup and I thank God that we were able to execute our
match strategy and came out victorious.” Obinna attributed the victory
of his side to his players being very hardworking and dedicated.

Apart from the trophy won by Soccer Pro FA, Loveworld FA emerged as
the best team of the tournament, while Lasisi Wale of New Generation
emerged the Most Valuable Player. Tajudeen Musa of BRF won the Golden
Glove award and Hakeem Olabinjo also of BRF emerged as the highest goal
scorer after scoring 7 goals.