MFM defeats Day Star as Believers Champions League gets underway

THE 2011 edition of Believers Champions League kicked off on Sunday at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos with defending champion, MFM FC defeating last year's runner-up, Day Star FC, 2-1.MFM's goalkeeper Taiye Uche put his side in the lead when he converted the spot kick awarded after Sikiru Olatunbosun was brought down in the opponent's 18-yard box in the 25th minute. Olatunbosun widened the lead in the last minutes of the first half when he made it two in the tourney organised by Real Soccerfest.An opportunity came for Day Star to narrow the lead in the 70th minute of the game when Saheed Shitu was brought down in the 18-yard box. However, Kenny Ajidahun failed to utilise the opportunity to reduce the tally for his side when he shot the resultant penalty into the hands of goalkeeper Uche.However, in the dying minutes of the match, Oladapo Samson succeeded in reducing the goals deficit to one when he sent a powerful drive past keeper Uche.Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo, who was chairman of the occasion, lauded the MFM FC for the creativity it displayed during the match. On his part, Wale Adefarasin of the Guiding Light Assembly described the match as a good and beautiful one and asked all other churches that were yet to be part of the league to wake up.Also, Itua Ighodalo of Trinity House thanked the Lagos State Government, the Sports Ministry as well as the Sports Commission for the great support they granted the organisers towards the success of the league.And to the co-ordinator of Real Soccerfest, Adeolu Adeyemo, Believers Champions League engaged the attention of the over 600 youths and keep most of them away from social vices just as he noted that the development has caught the interest of Governor Fashola, who has thrown his full weight behind the league.
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