It was pleasure all the best way on Friday morning at Landpark Discipline, Coker-Orile, Lagos, as a former footballer primarily based in the US of America, Ebere Goodluck organised an exhibition match in honour of his late coach.
Sports247 was current stay, because the sponsor led a squad tagged ‘Ebere & Mates’ in motion in opposition to his former teammates of their youth days collectively at Idowu Boys FC of Orile-Iganmu.
Ebere disclosed that, other than serving as a memorial for the membership’s founder, Coach Idowu Matti, the day additionally served as an enormous rallying level for buddies who at the moment are primarily based overseas with these nonetheless at residence.
He additional said that the occasion, which was graced by many grassroots soccer stakeholders, was moreover in honour of different youth membership coaches of the Coker-Orile Iganmu axis who’ve additionally handed away.
Amongst foreign-based former gamers who graced the match have been Solomon Joseph, Michael Andrew, Success Godwin, Wasiu Afolabi, Sunday Okoi, Durosimi Adeleke and former Benin Republic nationwide workforce striker, Shakiru Abikoye, who’re all now primarily based in France.
Within the home-based squad that wore customised jerseys of Idowu Boys FC, with their names branded boldly on every of them, have been Onochie Osemeke, Harrison Enyashi and Kola Ilsesanmi, led by the workforce’s present coach, Odetayo Sunday.
The day began with a younger pastor giving prayers to bless the organiser, his foreign-based buddies, former gamers nonetheless in Nigeria, invited visitors and late Coach Idowu Matti, in addition to different youth builders from the world who at the moment are late.
The plessant encounter got here to a really emotional and symbolic finish with Idowu Boys profitable the sport 3-1, which left everybody current echoing expectations of a revival for the membership that Sports247 learnt is at the moment in want of a coaching floor.
Ebere & Mates Listing
GOODLUCK EBERE
AZEEZ OBE
OBROTOYO SAMUEL
ABUBAKAR KARIM
BOBOSKY SMITH
CASILAS JUSTIN
OFILI CHRISTIAN
ABIKOYE SHAKIRU
OYEBANJI
AFOLABI WASIU
SOLOMON JOSEPH
TUNDE ISHOLA
OKOI SUNDAY
JIMMY NWAOZE
BALOGUN NICHOLAS
DUROSINMI ADELEKE PABLO
MICHEAL ANDREW
VANDER SAAR
SUCCESS GODWIN
OSAZE BEST
ORUMA ENOCH
MIAMI OFILI
UDEZE
DAVID GOD’STIME
OBINOR CHINEDU
BANNEY PAUL
GABRIEL OKECHUKWU
GANIU
SIR WEALTH
VICTOR
BABATUNDE MICHAEL
