Santos Soccer Academy’s goalkeeper, Olaniyi Yusuf was the hero of the day for his workforce, as he remakably stopped three penalty kicks handy his facet the 2nd Lann Hydra U13 Cup at Ikotun Neighborhood Main School in Alimosho Native Authorities Space of Lagos State.
Sports247 was dwell on the venue and witnessed Yusuf’s great saves within the resultant shootout that ended this 12 months’s version of the competitors that’s popularly generally known as ‘Baba Tremendous Cup.’
Other than his heroics in the course of the shoot-out, the lanky shot-stopper equally pulled off a number of remakable saves in the midst of the sport that left all mouths agape on the venue.
Yusuf’s excellent type in the course of the match motivated his enterprising workforce, which is owned and coached by a former grassroots participant naned Abiodun Yusuf (aka Santos), to attain first within the pulsating remaining via Waris Ayoola.
It will definitely took a controversial sizzler from the host’s squad, Tremendous Correct Soccer Academy, to degree the scores at 1-1, folowed by fruitless protestations from Yusuf and his colleagues, because the tie went into the lottery of penalties.
Yusuf then stood sturdy when it mattered most, and his acumen between the posts ultimately ensured that it was his captain, Taiwo Abdullahi, who ultimately lifted the glittering trophy on the finish of all of it.
Although clearly rattled, organiser of the competitors, Idris Oseni Adewale (aka Coach Tremendous) stated he was joyful that all of it ended peacefully, as he thanked everybody who turned up and the spectators for conserving the peace regardless of his workforce’s loss.
He additionally reminded them that his junior squad had earlier gained the competitors’s under-10 class, which he stated was an excellent comfort for him and his gamers.
