Winner of the maiden U-15 junior category of the yearly MTN Lagos Street Soccer Championships will on Friday, January 31, depart for South Africa to watch the finals of this year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN).
The final, which holds on Saturday February 1 at the Cape Town Stadium, will have the 12-man team made up of 10 players and two officials present at the stadium to cheer the teams to victory.
The trip is in fulfilment of the promise made by the organisers as part of the reward for the outstanding team that took part in the championship sponsored by MTN Nigeria Plc.
According to the executive secretary of MTN Lagos Street Soccer, Deji Aladegbemi, the players would be exposed to top class training and mentoring sessions to be handled by qualified football experts in South Africa.
“As part of our promises before the championship, we have decided to take the winner of the U-15 junior event of the MTN Lagos Street Soccer Championship to South Africa to watch the final of the ongoing CHAN. For us, the players are the future of the game and it is very important they experience what they intend to become in future. Aside watching the finals of CHAN in Cape Town, they will be in Johannesburg for training and mentoring session under the guidance of qualified football coaches. We believe this alone will inspire the players to aim high in future and continue to work hard,” he said.
The LOC scribe added: “In Lagos State, we are committed to grassroots sports development through schools sports and for us this is the uniqueness of this year’s tournament as we hope to improve on the reward in 2014. Also, we will also emphasis the need for the players to be in schools so that they can combine sports and education because this is what the International Olympics Committee (IOC) is preaching now.”
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