Dubai Football Centre excites MTN Lagos Street Soccer Champion

After training at the Dubai Football Centre, the 12-man team of the season five champion of the MTN Lagos Street Soccer Championship were thrilled with the state-of-art facilities at the centre.

 The team - Koilo Street in Lagos Island are at present in Dubai on a one-week playing tour of Dubai and they were tutored by top coaches at the Dubai Football Centre. Captain of the team, Jinadu Adio was full of praise to MTN Nigeria and the Lagos State Government for giving them the opportunity to visit the centre! Which he described as the best head ever visited in his life.

 "From the beginning of season five, it was obvious that the Local Organising Committee (LOC) as well as MTN meant well for the players with series of innovation introduced in this season.

The players and teams were well educated on the new rules of the game while the competition was also void of controversies which most times marred previous editions.

We were given the cash prize on time and the trip to Dubai is one I will forever remember because we were taken to the right place where we were well tutored under the watchful eyes of qualified coaches.

Having travelled to Dubai and South Africa in 2009 and 2010, whenever had the chance to do much but with what we are at present witnessing in Dubai, I think this is the best I ever witnessed and I hope it will be better than this next season," Adio said.

Also, Razaq Aremu was in loud nine after training at the Dubai Football Centre, saying, "it is indeed a great privilege to visit the centre and also train at the centre. I am happy that we eventually achieved our dream of training at a world clas facilities," Aremu admitted.

Continued he said: "aside from the facilities, I think we have acquired some new skills in a five-a-side football and this will surely help us to improve our skills in the game.

The coaches are really knowledgeable about the game and their tutor has indeed being helpful to us." After taking the players through the. Rudiments of the game, Managing Director of Dubai Football Centre, Anouar Idrissi was impressed with the conduct of the players, while commending them for their discipline.

"I want tosay that the major quality and the. Most important thing In football is discipline and this has been displayed by the players.

They took the training session serious and they followed all the instructions which every good team need to have to excel in football.

 I really enjoyed working with them and we hope to organize some friendly matches for them with some of our teams during their stay in Dubai," Idrissi said.

The former Strabourg of France star, however expressed willingness to work with the LOC during the season six of the MTN Lagos Street Soccer Tournament.