As the teams aiming to make it to the final stage of the season five of MTN Lagos Street Soccer Championship continue to be prune down, all is now set for the round of 32 this weekend across five centres.
With matches in both male and female events holding this weekend, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) has reaffirmed its commitment to rid the tournament of irregularities.
With most of the protests resolved by the LOC, 32 teams that scale it to this stage of the competition will engage one another in another round of matches to determine the last 16 teams for this year.
According to the LOC, as teams progress, their prize money for making it to the next stage also improve.
“We will continue to check irregularities as the competition winds up and we will ensure that we bring sanity to the competition. We want teams to adhere to the rules of the game as every team taking part in this year’s tournament has been given the rules and regulations handbook before the commencement of this year’s tournament and for us at the LOC, we will adhere to the rules. Any team found guilty of going against the rules will be sanctioned or fined, while any officials engaging in cheating will also be dealt with appropriately,” they said.
The centres that will host the matches are Love Garden in Surulere, Elegbata Sports Centre in Lagos Island, Oworonshoki Youth Centre, Festac Grammar School and Ojo Oniyun Youth Centre in Ebute Metta with defending champion, Lawal Akapo still in the race for the title.
For the handler of Akapo, Ishola Sakiru, the aim to retain the title remains their priority. "We are going to take any chance as we are working hard to ensure that we retain the title as the first team to achieve this feat," Sakiru said.
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