Wale JAGUN
The 5-Aside football tournament, which is part of the activities lined up to mark the 2019 Ikordu-Oga Day celebration, kicked-off on Sunday,October 20,2019 (yesterday) with opening matches played between teams from Group A at the Ikorodu Fun Factory arena, Itamaga, which is the venue for all the matches of the competition.
In the first match of the day, Solomade FC were beating by Vino Gano 2 FC by one goal to nil, while Anibaba FC played goaless draw with E-Four FC in the second match.
In the third match, Vino Gano 2 defeated Anibaba FC 2-1 to secure 6 points from two matches, while in the fourth match, E-Four FC beat Solomade 2- 1 to earn 4 points from two matches.
In the 5th match, Solomade FC lost 0-2 to Anibaba FC while Vino Gano 2 FC defeated E-Four FC 2 – 0 to go top of Group A.
Vino Gano 2 FC, having won their first three matches and earned 9 points, have qualified for the next round of the tournament, alongside Anibaba FC which recorded one win, one loss and one draw and earned 4 points to place second.
The Centre Referee for the opening matches was Adekoya Waritu while Segun and Openike Olanrewaju were his assistants.
E-Four FC and Solomade FC recorded 4 points and nil point respectively and as a result, are out of the competition.
For the Group B matches slated for Monday, October 21, 2019, at the same venue, L&K will play TCCG FC in the opening match, while Aga Youths FC will play Vino Gano 1 FC in the second match.
Also, TCCG FC will play Aga Youths FC in the 3rd match while Vino Gano 1 will confront L & k in the fourth match of the day.
For the fifth match, L & K FC will host Aga Youths while TCCG FC will play Vino Gano 1 FC in the final match of the day.
The best two teams from the group would join Vino Gano 2 and Anibaba FC in the next round of the competition.
A total number of 36 teams are participating in the tournament and there are 9 groups with 4 teams each while two teams from each of the groups are expected to move to the next stage.
