Shafaudeen Patriot Football club on Saturday defeated Gbenga Osogbola 1-0 to emerge as champions of the Gbenga Osogbola Charity Football Competition.
The Gbenga Osogbola Charity Football Competition was organized by the old players and board members in Ibadan, in honor of the Late Coach in Ibadan, who died two years ago, in order to support his two wives and children.
The event was contested by eight (8) teams who participated, with two groups each. It commenced on the 1st of January and ended yesterday, the 2nd of January.
Shafaudeen Patriot Football Club, who won the event, went home with the sum of #25,000, while Gbenga Osogbola, who were defeated in the final went away with the sum of #20,000 and Eleven Teargas came third and were rewarded with the sum of #15,000.
Speaking with Sports247, after the final, Adesina Yusuf, Coach of Team Lagos, one of the old players that came together to honor their Late Coach described the late Coach Osogbola as a very humble man who can spend his last kobo helping people as well as saying that next edition will aim to bring scout to discover hidden talents in Ibadan.
“My Late Coach Gbenga osogbola was a very humble Man, He loves Football very well, he can spend his last kobo to make sure all his players were motivated,” he said.
“The standard of the competition is very high because most of the best in Ibadan participated and we are looking forward to the next Edition to bring scout from Nigeria to discover hidden talents,” he added.
There were special guest invited to the event; Baale Olodo Community in Ibadan, the chairman of Olodo Community, Lagelu/Egbeda in Ibadan, Oyo State, all coming to witness the Superb showdown.
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