Ikorodu division in the round of 16 of Lagos Oba cup as Bolowotan fc
were on Friday knocked out in the semi final stage at Police barrack,
Ikorodu.
The debutant, AACC fc defeated Trinity fc 2-0 in the first semi final
stage on Thursday while the second semi final witnessed high turnout
on Friday as Bolowotan fc settled for less against their arch rival,
Destiny Boys, the game ended 5-3 in a penalty shootout.
It was a fight to finish battle between Oga Boys, Bolowotan and
Destiny Boys as both teams were unable to get a goal in regulation
time.
The tournament which has Skye Bank PLC has the title sponsor kicked
off barely a month ago from the five Divisional Football Associations
across the state culminating into 16-team qualifying for the State
level.
According to the Chairman of the Technical committee of the State FA,
Dotun Coker disclosed recently that Lagos Divisional Football Association,
LDFA with the largest registration of 66 clubs will
present 8 teams for the State's last 16, while Ikeja
Divisional Football Association with a total number of
26 clubs will have 3 clubs qualifying for the State
stage. The other three divisions remaining, namely
Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry divisional FA with 18 clubs,
16 clubs and 7 clubs respectively, will produce the
remaining 5 clubs that will make up the last 16
number, Ikorodu (AACC fc and Destiny Boys) and Epe divisional FA's will have 2
clubs each and Badagry divisional FA would present
1 club.
Speaking with the Team Manager of AACC fc, Dino Gilmore expressed his
happiness towards his team performance coming to the competition for
the very first time and progress to represent Ikorodu disclosed that
he is proud of his team performance because the players were much
ready to face the challenges and they finally overcame from their
division .
" We are taking it one game at a time and I'm very proud of them,
they're very dedicated and they really work hard and our results is
based on their efforts; they put all their best in all matches" coach
Gilmore said.
All matches will now be played at Onikan stadium
