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Spires 5-Aside: ASD Academy, 2 Odds FC seal semifinals spots

The excitement intensifies on Friday as the quarterfinals fixtures of the Spires 5-a-Side Naija Street Soccer Tournament took center stage at the Stables, Bode Thomas, Surulere, Lagos.

In the opening match, ASD Academy, champions of the Ikeja Division and winners of Group A, triumph over VVD FC with a commanding 3-1 victory. Ibrahim bagged a brace, while Adodo added another goal to secure ASD Academy’s spot in the semifinals.
In the second match 2odds FC annihilated Toprocks FC by 6-1 to seal their place in the last-four of the tournament with an impressive performance.

The initiator of the event Dr. Bankole Allibay expressed his satisfaction in the quality of talent on display in the last-16 stages of the competition as he urges football fans to be at the Stables to support the teams.

”Most of the teams truly came prepared as the quality of football talents seen in the past few days has been very encouraging, our aim is to create a platform where these players can play themselves to national and global reckoning and i happy it’s being achieved”.

Ambassador of the Spires 5-ASide Naija Street Soccer Tourney, on air personality Ezugwu Chukwudi known as Husband Material laud the standard of organization and players remuneration for the tournament as calls for more support for the organisers so the initiative can be sustained.