No fewer than 3000 kids are expected to feature in one day football fiesta scheduled to hold on Saturday at the newly –built Maracana Stadium in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Councul Area of Lagos State.
This was disclosed by a member of Nathaniel Idowu Foundation, Adedotun Coker while speaking on local television station early today in Lagos.
He said the soccer fiesta is meant to be used to test the facilities at Maracana Sports Centre which is being upgraded by the Nathaniel Idowu Foundation.
Already, the foundation has completed eight medium and 10 mini Astroturf football pitches while work is ongoing on the international standard football pitch which will be commissioned later in the year.
The football pitches accommodate seven-a-side football matches being the first time Lagos would have 19 football pitches side by side at the same location.
Coker said the one day football fiesta would witness South West U-13 football championship saying that there are rooms for registered football academies to engage themselves.
“We are expecting at least 3,000 kids from age grades to feature in the football fiesta.The facilities would be put to test on May 7 before the final commissioning of the arena soonest. We are looking at 128 teams including two teams each from southwest states. The essence of this one-day football event is to put the facilities to test so that we can identify areas we should work on before the day of commissioning,” Coker said.
The newly refurbished Maracana Sports Centre has hostels, a media centre, conference room, changing rooms, an indoor hall, and a clinic.
