Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Crown cruise to federation cup final

Crown football club of Ogbomoso are through to the final of this year's Oyo State federation cup after defeating hard-fighting Tigers Football Club 5-2 in the semi final clash at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan on Wednesday.

The club's new revelation Peter Micheal opened the scoring spree in the 13 minutes to pave ways for others who got the job done. The military boys capitalised on the laxity of defence line to put a double behind Crown's goalkeeper, Raji Lateef.


The Tigers defeated Crown's baby team on Thursday at the Ebedi stadium to set up Wednesday’s semifinal clash just as the Ajilete Warriors had a bumpy ride in a quarter final tie against Mocdim FC last Thursday at the same venue.

Crown FC is yet to know its final opponent for Sunday's encounter, since the club's FA Cup arch rivals Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan are having two outstanding games due to Nigeria Professional Football League duty.

The club's technical manager, Fatai Osho frowned at the careless way the two goals were conceded but said he was satisfied with the outcome of the match.

He stressed that the final is nothing compared with the hunger of campaigning at the country's oldest tournament, insisting that his wards would raise their game ahead of the challenges.


The Oyo State FA cup final has been tentatively fixed for Sunday 3rd April, 2016.

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