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  • AFCC League Championship: Samjason Maintain Unbeaten Record To Win Title

    AFCC League Championship: Samjason Maintain Unbeaten Record To Win Title

    BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE

    Samjason Football Club officially crowned as champions on Thursday after defeating Attention FC at the just concluded Alimosho Football Coaches Council League Championship.

    Samjason humbled Attention FC 3-0 to lift the trophy without a defeat at the Alakija Navy Town Sports Center, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos.

    Out of seven matches played, Samjason won six and drew one to emerge as champions.Samjason have 19 points on the table to occupy first position.

    Seamoriow Football Club occupy second position with 13 points, while Sammy maintain third position with 11 points as Kedge Sports came fourth on the table with 9 points.

    Realm Athletics FC also came fifth position with 8 points as Attention FC oocupy sixth position with 7 points.

    SSFBC FC gather six points to occupy seven position as Zion Breed came last with four points.

    In the award presentation, Attention FC won Fair Play Award.Best Young Player went to Gideon David of Seamoriow FC, while Gafar Olamilekan of Samjason emerged as best goalie.

    Highest goal scorer award went to Lateef Taiwo of Kedge Sports.Omotunde Noah of Kedge Sports won best coach award as Kelvin Sunday won Most Valuable Player award, while Samjason FC also won Team of the championship award.

  • AFCC Tourney: Sammy Move To End Samjason Unbeaten Run

    AFCC Tourney: Sammy Move To End Samjason Unbeaten Run

    BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE

    Following the 1-0 victory they recorded against Seamoriow Football Academy in their last match, Sammy FC are targeting another victory when they confront Samjason FC on Sunday in week five of the Alimosho Football Coaches Council Championship.

    The pulsating tie would hold by 9am at Egan Grammar School, Alimosho, Lagos.

    Samjason that are yet to taste defeat are currently leading the table with 12 points as Seamoriow and Sammy are trailing behind them with seven points occupying second and third position respectively on the log.

    A victory for Sammy on Sunday would close the gap of their opponents, while a victory for Samjason would brighten their chances of winning the league.

    Speaking ahead of the crucial game, Sammy Coach, Taiwo Eletu had declared war on their opponents boasting that his boys would play the game of their lives to win on Sunday.

    “Our match against Samjason is must win for us because we want to win the league.We are in the contention and we cannot afford to drop a point in our remaining three matches.

    “We are aware of the deadly form of our opponents since the league started and I am planning how to stop their unbeaten run.It is going to be tough match for both teams and I pray for fair officiating,”he said.

    In his swift reaction, Samjason Coach, Samuel Nwanoram expressed confidence in the ability of his boys saying that their next match against Sammy is a do or die affairs.

    “I am not worried about the threat of Sammy Coach.All I know is that we would approach the game like a cup final.I see another tough match but like I said before, we would approach the game with all seriousness,”he said.

    In other matches on Sunday, Kedge Sports battle Attention FC by 11am, while Realms Athletic face Zion Breed by 1am as SSFBC confront Seamoriow by 3pm.

  • Ikeja DFA Super League: Magboro Coach Talks Tough After Defeating Samjason

    This is not the best of time for the management and coaching crew of Samjason Football Club of Igando, Lagos following their 2-0 suffered against Magboro Football Club in week eight of Ikeja Divisional Super League.

    Samjason have lost three consecutive matches at a row and their chances of reaching the super four is dicey now.

    Although the league which is abridged league would see two teams qualify in each group for super four playoff to determine the true champions.

    Magboro who are in the best form were delighted to watch against Samjason in their home ground.Jonah Onah and Oliah Jeffrey two goals goal in each half compounded the woe of visiting team to make three defeats within two weeks.

    Magboro coach, Ganiu Shobola commended his boys for their doggedness and resilience showed on the field of play.He admitted that the match was tough but boasted that his boys deserved the victory.

    “Our boys played with the determination and they got the three points which is very important to us.Samjason showed us a good fight but we were able to curtail their strikers and got our second goal in the last minute.Good game boys and i expect more of it in our next match,”he said.

    Samjason coach, Toyin Shoyemi expressed worry over the team’s defeat saying that his team would bounce back in their next game.

    “This is a game we planned to win or draw unfortunately it was not our day.Our boys gave their best but we were unlucky against our opponents,”he said.

    In other results,Shuffle Select defeated Tops Academy 1-0,Crowned Academy walloped YG 3-1,Awo Boiz played 2-2 at home against G. Innovation,NAFRC lost 0-1 at home against R2 Finesse as Ace Mariners humbled Flexy Soccer Academy 2-0

    In other results,Futpro Sports lost 0-1to Shuffle Select,while Olusosun United lost 1-3 toTops Academy as Air Rovers suffered 1 -0 to Alimcity at home.

  • Ikeja Super League: Despite Two Defeats, Samjason Manager Still Belief In The Team

    Team manager of Samjason Football Club of Igando, Samuel Uchenna Eke has come out to say their consecutive two defeats in the ongoing Ikeja Super League is a wakeup call.

    Samjason lost 1-0 away to Tops FC and suffered the same scoreline at home against Olusosun United in last week.

    Samjason have 15 points out of seven matches before losing their two matches.

    Despite the two defeats, Eke said there is nothing to worry about in the performance of his coaching crew and players and noted that the defeat was a wake up call.

    “Our defeat is a wake up call and would also make our coaching crew and players show more seriousness in the league.Of course we parade young players in the team and most of them just graduated from academy to senior team so we should not expect them to win all their matches and this is a league, we win some and lose some.And what is important is that we need to work hard to achieve our target at the end of the season,”he said.

    Eke lamented how the absence of his two key strickers affected the team’s goalscoring in their last two matches.

    “Another factor that caused our defeats is our key two players.They were not around in our last two matches which affected the team in area of goalscoring,”he said.

    Asked if his team can beat Magboro this Thursday at away, Eke said his team have respect for home team but they are not afraid of them.

    “It is another tough match for us. Magboro are very compact good side. They are good at home and away. They won away match before and and they are scoring side too. We are going there to do our best and pray for injury free for my players,” he said.