BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE
A Lagos-based semi professional side, Prince Kazeem Eletu Football Club on Tuesday morning demolished Browl Football Club 3-0 in the quarter final of the ongoing Dare To Dream Championship/European Scouting Football National Tournament.
The tournament is organised by Omobolanle Osoba and the objective of the tourney is to give the young footballers a platform to showcase their talents.
The much anticipated match held early today at the NPA football ground, Surulere, Lagos
Eletu boys began the match with high determination, Several chances were missed by the Eletu boys.Browl on the other hands showed some flash of improvement but they were not clinical in the front of goal.
The first half ended in goaless but Eletu boys gave a good account of themselves in the second half as Wasiu Paraiso opened the goal scoring in the 52th minutes.
Browl players increased the tempo of the game but Eletu boys were tactically better got the second goal through Kehinde Amoo to confirm their supremacy over their opponents.
Effort by Browl to reduce the tall proved abortive as Eletu defenders stopped them from scoring.
Eletu boys who were fit for the match got their third goal when Precious Ogunyashe scored at the added time to send his teammates into wild jubilation.
Eletu coach, Israel Adegolu expressed satisfaction with the team’s performance and urged them to remain focused in their next game.
Coordinator of the tournament, Omobolanle Osoba hailed the two teams for their good performance, saying that the aim of the tourney is to give the players a platform to showcase their talents and promote the round leather game among selected clubs in the state.
“This is the scouting football tournament and I must tell you that we have selected 43 good players that we can market to our foreign football agents. It has been a wonderful tournament because many of the participants really performed to our expectations,” he said.
Meanwhile, the semi final matches of scouting football tourney would hold on Wednesday as Young Strikers battle B United by 10am at the NPA ground while Prince Kazeem Eletu FC face Elite FC by 5pm at the Legacy pitch of National Stadium, Surulere.
