By Okechukwu Emmanuel
Buruj Sports Academy lost yet another friendly game as they were defeated by the Lagos State Festival team 3-0 in preparation for the international tourneys.
Both sides had met in a friendly game before with the Lagos State Festival team thrashing Buruj Sports Academy by 7-0, and the Lagos State Festival team defeated the Buruj Sports Academy yet again but this time in a more respectable scoreline (3-0).
The match kicked off exactly at 9 am on Friday, with the game starting on a good note, both teams pressing forward during the early minutes of play.
The Buruj Boys conceded the opening goal of the match against the Lagos State Festival team in just 20 minutes of action, with the Lagos State Festival team playing an impressive match with loads of abundant talent scouted from different clubs across the state.
The 2nd goal of the game was scored again by the Lagos State Festival team in the 23rd minutes of the friendly encounter when they converted a direct free-kick into the back of the net to make it 2-0, which ended that way at halftime.
At 65 minutes of the game, Boruj Sports Academy conceded yet another goal to wrap the win for the Lagos State Festival team who made it 3-0 and so it ended.
Buruj Sports Academy players expressed themselves in the likes of Edet Inyamg, who made fabulous saves in the match, Romeo Ogunniyi played some good football and got thumbs up and applauds from the Spectators and crowd who watched on. Noah Salaudeen, Solomon Aitimon, Kehinde Daniel, Emmanuel Joseph of the Buruj Sports Academy all handled their positioning and movement well on the pitch of play.
Emmanuel Joseph of the Buruj Sports Academy got a yellow card in the 53rd minutes of the game.
The CEO of Buruj Sports Academic, Dr. Waheed Buruj Salaudeen, in an interview with Sports 247 after his team’s defeat to the Lagos State Festival team admitted the superiority of the Lagos State Festival team over his side, but still commended his boys (Buruj Sports Academy), saying that they improved in this encounter unlike the previous friendly match (which they lost 7-0), but still need to work much harder on their mobility and passing accuracy in subsequent games.
“This second leg was necessary even though our boys couldn’t score any goal and a lot of changes were lost. They need to work much harder on their mobility and passing accuracy. We saw the zeal and improvement in some of our players whose ball possession and passes were good, more of these tough matches are coming up as we have a great task ahead of us as regards our international tourneys and trials. This skill test will gear them up to work up their standard and focus more on their craft as there is seniority in the game of football,” he concluded.
