BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE
Leader of Agege Football Coaches Council, Olumide Ajayi has wished all the teams that qualified for the quarter final of the ongoing Agege U-15 tournament best of luck in their outings.
All quarter final matches would hold on Saturday at the Abesan sports centre, Ipaja, Lagos.
According to the fixtures released by the organisers, Agege Sport Club take on Ceyorts FC by 10am, Peace boys tackle Shuffle Academy by 11am, while Arewa Warriors battle Ultimate Stars by 12noon as Soccer Plus confront Invisible United by 1pm.
Ajayi in his message said the tournament was organised by Agege Football Coaches Council to develop young players and give them the platform to showcase their God given talents and congratulated quarter finalists for the job well done.
“Let me first and foremost congratulate eight teams that qualified for the quarter final stage. The journey started with 16 teams and now only eight teams are still in the race. Having said this, I would like to express my profound gratitude to the members of Agege Football Coaches Council for their commitment and dedication to this developmental programme.
“This is to tell you that the council is united and we are implementing the programmes lined up for this year. After this competition, we are moving to our next programme which would benefits all the council members, ” he said.
Commenting on the standard of the competition, Ajayi said the tournament has lived up to expectations noted that beautiful goals were scored by the young footballers, while officiating was quite impressive.
He said all the participants have done well but only the best two teams in each group qualified for the quarter final stage.
