Champions of the Babajide Olusola Sanwo Olu Lagos Community Soccer Challenge Orion & Leon FC of Ikorodu defeated Clever Stars of Ajegunle 3-2 on penalties shootout after a 1-1 pulsating full time. The Champions went home with the BOS Cup, gold medals and cash prize with Ibrahim Adelodun winning the MVP award while Ndubisi of Clever Stars got the highest goal scorer award. The champions triumphed over 107 other teams from all over Lagos to clinch the trophy in over 4 weeks of football action.
The finals, which was held on Wednesday, 6th of March, was watched by hundreds of football lovers from every division of Lagos. Nigerian ex-international, Segun Fetuga, commended the effort of the organisers for bringing grassroots soccer to the fore and praised the quality of talent displayed by the participating teams. Ex Stationery Stores captain, Taiwo Oloyede, who was supporting his local team Orion & Leon FC, was elated that the Ikorodu champions defeated all opposition to win the BOS Cup. “This is the best grassroots development programme in recent time, I am proud to be part of this and I want to commend Tayo Aderinola and ADSENSE Media Services the organizers and sponsors for the organization and the initiative. I hope the incoming will sustain this laudable grassroots football development programme”, the former captain of the defunct Flaming Flamingos noted.
The coordinator of the tournament, Com. Tayo Aderinola, also told us that that the 50 most outstanding players of the tournament will be invited to the BOS Soccer Camp – a football grooming camp which will further hone their skills and prepare them for football at the highest international level. He said that the football potential available in Nigeria is under-appreciated and there aren’t enough avenues for these talents to reach the world stage.
The Lagos Community Soccer Challenge he said, is an annual event to discover and groom the football talent hidden in our communities. He also expressed his gratitude to Winners Golden Bet for their timely supports and sponsorship and urged Lagosians to watch-out for the 2020 edition.
