The Academy workforce of Nigeria-based membership Sporting Lagos defeated FC Tokyo 4-0 to win the Gothia Cup on the Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Sweden, Soccernet.ng stories.
The senior workforce of Sporting Lagos received relegated from the Nigeria Premier Soccer League final season, however they’ve had trigger to rejoice.
The Sporting Lagos Academy took half in a the worldwide Gothia Cup involving Academies from internationally. It was their first look on the competitors because it began in 1975.
The younger Sporting Lagos lads have been good all through the course of the match. In reality, earlier than the semi-final towards Past Limits, they’d not conceded within the match. Nevertheless, Past Limits stopped that run, as they put 4 previous Sporting Lagos. Nonetheless, that was not sufficient to disclaim Sporting Lagos, as they gained the sport 5-4.
They then proceeded to the ultimate on Sunday, the place they took on Japan-based facet FC Tokyo. Sadly for FC Tokyo, they have been no match for the boys from Lagos.
Sporting Lagos took the lead by way of Yusuf Abdullahi within the ninth minute. Then Babatunde Akomolede prolonged their lead within the nineteenth minute. The Lagos-based facet took their lead into the break, however they didn’t take their ft off the pedal.
They scored twice once more within the second half to seal their standing as champions of the B17E class of the Gothia Cup.