Port Vale of England’s Nigerian-born midfielder, Funso-King Ayorinde Ojo was on top of his game on Saturday, but his efforts fell short of gaining a shock result for his team against Chelsea in the English FA Cup, Sports247 reports.
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While Ojo gave his best for the visiting English League One outfit, everything from the Belgium international and his teammates was not enough against their more glamorous hosts, who ruled the game with a mammoth 7-0 win.
Chelsea’s Nigerian-born defender, Tosin Adarabioyo got one of the goals that spelt doom for Ojo’s side, as Port Vale’s fairy-tale run to this season’s FA Cup quarter-finals ended in a very painful and humiliating heavy defeat at Stamford Bridge.
Ironically, Ojo’s team sit bottom of League One, 15 points from safety, but they reached the FA Cup last eight for the first time in 72 years by knocking out a mid-stream English Premier League side, Sunderland.
However, reality dawned on Ojo and his pals as their team, which started with eight free transfers and two loan players, knew it was beyond them the moment Adarabioyo headed in Chelsea’s fourth goal of the evening in the 57th minute.
Ojo’s coach, Jon Brady admitted afterwards, “It’s a fantastic achievement what we did, the best since 1954. We beat a Premier League team and a Championship team in one week. We know our fate has probably been sealed to League Two and we have to come back fighting next year.”
Sports247 reports that it is also a personal letdown for 34-year-old Funso-King Ayorinde Ojo, who was born in Antwerp, Belgium on August 28th, 1991 to parents of Nigerian origin but opted to play for his country of birth.
Though he has never played for Belgium’s senior squad, Ojo, who is a physical instructor and engages in real estate, starred for the European country from cadet level to the under-21 team, with which he got his only cap on September 1st, 2011.
