2020 Jos Chillin Football Tournament: Finalists Emerge In Under-10 As Teams Book Tickets For First Ever Jos Chillin National Invitational

Under-13 defending champions, Mees Palace Football Academy strolled to the semi-finals beating the Unbeatable Football Academy 4-2.

Japhet Vincent got a brace before Destiny Lar and Weng Amos put the icing on the cake in the 35th and 60th minute respectively to knock out a resilient Unbeatable FA who got their consolation goals from the boots of Bot Emmanuel and Pius Pwajok.

In the second quarter-finals, Top Free Football Academy had to use everything in their arsenals to oust SS Diamond Academy to the last four, beating them 1-0. Samson Timothy got the only goal in the 35th minute.

Jazzy Stars Football Academy went goals crazy against their quarter-final opponents, beating Ajester Football Academy 4-0.
Marvelous Adolong got a brace in the 32nd and 40th minutes, while the duo of Jezreel Akintola and Shola Akinola completed the rout in the 42nd and 47th minutes.

Liverpool FC are also in the semi-final after beating Soccer Boys FC 2-1.

Mohammed Rabiu got the only goal for Soccer Boys, while Hamza Ali Baba(an own goal) and Mubarak Abdullahi got the goals for Liverpool FC in the 20th and 37th minutes respectively.

Finalists have emerged in the Under-10 category as both Jazzy Stars Football Academy and Kuru Young Stars FC will be battling for the top prize after overcoming their opponents in the semi-finals who didn’t bow out without giving a fight as both semi-final matches lived up to expectations, with winners emerging via the luxury of penalty kicks.

In the first semi-final, Jazzy Stars Football Academy needed all the luck football can offer through their star boy, Goodluck Emmanuel to overcome a very compact Royal Stars Football Academy who went ahead, leading Jazzy Stars FA 2-0 in the first half through Joseph Mark and Nentawe Torbe in the 3rd and 9th minute, before Goodluck Emmanuel netted a brace in the second half in the 16th and 24th minutes.

Jazzy Stars FA qualifies to the final 6-5 on penalties.

In the second semi-final, Kuru Young Stars FA of Jos South LGA, beat Success Football Academy of Jos North LGA 6-5 on penalties to make it to the final after a goalless regulation time result.

Kuru Young Stars FA will confront Jazzy Stars Football Academy in the final of the Under-10 category this year on a yet to be fixed date.

Meanwhile, Plateau State will be home to some young talented football extravaganza at least for a week as some Under-13 and Under-15 football academies gather in Jos from Monday in the maiden edition of the Jos Chillin Invitational.

Under-13 and Under-15 teams coming from outside Plateau State are teams from Ekiti State, Delta State, Gombe State, Bauchi State, and the Federal capital territory, Abuja.

According to the organizers of the Jos Chillin Tournament, headed by Alfred Saiki, all the semi-finalists from the Plateau State under-13 and under-15 will join the teams from the above listed States.

Semifinalists in the Under-15 category from Plateau State are Mees Palace FA, City Rollers FA, Pepsi Football Academy, and St. Monica FA.

Semifinalists in the Under-13 category from Plateau State that will battle it out from other states for the top prize are Liverpool FA, Jazzy Stars FA, Mees Palace FA, and Top Free Academy.