FCT Beats Lagos 5-1 to win U-13 Football Title

The FCT team beat Lagos State 5-1 yesterday in Abuja to win the U-13 Football Championship and retain their title.

Four first half goals put the defending champions ahead in the final match of the National Football League’s 2013 competitions. Ebuka Okeke scored two in the first 10 minutes, Abdulsalam Mohammed added a third in the 15th and Thaddeus Terwas and Abdulsalam Adeleke scored the fourth and fifth in the 26th and 50th minutes respectively.

Lagos State had beaten the Abuja team 3-2 in an earlier match but proved no match for them yesterday, only managing to score a consolatory goal by Hadi Haruna in the 57th minute.

FCT’s coach, Usman Ilerika said his team had been determined to beat Lagos in the final match. “We could not afford to lose to them again,” he said.

This is the FCT’s second trophy in a row, a record for the tournament. The Niger team came third after Katsina State was disqualified because of gross indiscipline.