Awo Cup Quarter Finals Take Centre Stage At Ogijo Community School

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Ogijo Community School came alive once again with the best of grassroots football, as quarter-final matches of the 3rd Awo Youth Cup took centre stage on Saturday, Sports247 reports.

Media officer of the competition, Ralph Esene disclosed that future stars of Nigerian football were fully on display in the under-13 category of the competition.

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He revealed that three exciting matches kept fans standing on their toes or sitting on the edge of their seats as they watched the thrills at Field 2 in the border town between Lagos and Ogun States.

Esene ‎stated at length in a press release: “Football fans that came out indeed witnessed the very definition of beautiful football and rain of goals, as the three games recorded a total of 12 goals.

‎”The first match of the day saw Nero FC file out against Sunshine FC. The healthy hostilities began with both teams pushing to get the first goal, which eventually came midway into the first half when Nero went one up, and that was how the first half ended.

‎”‎Sunshine came out in the second half fighting like hungry lions and deservedly got the equalizer through their No.8 kid, Ogololuwa Emmanuel.

“‎It then became an end-to-end game, with both teams pushing for the go-ahead goal, which did not come until the dying minutes, when the sun finally decided to shine, as Sunshine scored through 11 shirted Nurudeen Eleguleko to secure victory and a semi-finals spot.

‎”‎In the second game of the day, Mighty Blaster, with their tiki-taka style of play, blasted  Oriyomi, as leading goalscorer, Yekini Farouk got the only goal of the game, and his fifth of the competition so far.

‎”‎In the last game of the day, Better Tomorrow FA went goals crazy, as they scored eight unreplied sizzlers against hapless Greater FA.
“Star player, Folorunsho Testimony bagged a hat-trick, as he scored the 5th, 6th and 7th goals, while others came from the boots of Adeshina Ogomide, Babawale Qoyum, Jamiu Basit (3rd and 4th) as well as Raju Afeez.”

Sports247 gathered further that ‎Awo Boiz FA lined out versus Buquenson on Sunday evening in the last quarter-final game.