Teams Set for Final Battle Tomorrow

The famed Campos Square Mini Stadium inLagos will host the final of the second edition of Etisalat U-15 School Cup  omorrow. This is will  be the climax of football actions which kicked off last year  on a national scale with schools competing at the sta

te and regional levels.Commenting  on  the  competition,  Head,  Events  and  Sponsorship,  Etisalat Nigeria, Modupe Thani said the telecommunications company established the school cup to discover budding football talents in the country and help them pursue their dreams.She said, “At Etisalat, we support activities aimed at developing the youths.

The Etisalat U-15 School Cup is not an exception and the journey so far has been  exciting.  We are  giving the  youths  participating in  this  tournament  a chance to compete among their peers , improve their game and write their future. We commend the coaches for  their commitment to the participating teams  and  we  are  eager  to  witness  the  finals  where  the  champions  will emerge.

The national finals of the competition kicked off last Monday with the quarterfinal matches between eight teams drawn from the regional competition and grouped into groups A and B.Rimi College, Kaduna; Winners College, Akure, Ondo; Greensprings SecondarySchool, Lagos and Government Secondary School, Imo made up the group A teams  while   group  B  consisted  of  Army  Day  Secondary  School,  Sokoto;Washington Memorial  Grammar  School,  Anambra,  Asegun High School,  Oyoand Government Model School Bida, Niger.Winners  College,  Akure,  Ondo  and  Rima  College,  Kaduna  flagged  off  theQuarter final rounds and at the end of the tension soaked match, the Ondo boys defeated their counterparts from Kaduna 3-1. The second quarter final first round match saw Army Day Secondary School, Sokoto leading WashingtonMemorial Grammar School by a lone goal scored in the dying minutes of thefirst half  before hitting the net again in the second half to gun down theiropponent 2-1.

Covenant Model School Bida, Niger rounded off the pulsating match day with a 2-1 victory over hard-fighting Asegun High School, Oyo.Covenant Model School, Bida, Niger followed up their first round Quarter finalvictory  success  with  a  hard  fought  2-0  over  Army  Day  Secondary  School,Sokoto, while Rima College, Kaduna compounded their woes with a 2-0 lossagainst Government Secondary School, Imo.The  next  match  was  a  0-0  draw  between  Washington  Grammar  School,Anambra  and  Asegun  High  School,  Oyo  while  Winners  College  ,  Ondomaintained its winning streak against Greensprings Secondary School, Lagoswith a solitary strike, piping their Lagos counterpart with a 1-0 victory.

The winning school will be rewarded with a cash prize of N2 million while itsplayers will be given N50,000 each. The first runner up will go home with N1million and N30,000 for each player while N750,000 will be given to the thirdplaced school and its players will each receive N20,000.