Lobi Stars are Gold Cup Champions

Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi have emerged champions of the 4th edition of Gold Cup Pre-season tournament after defeating Mountain of Fire Miracles and Ministries FC of Lagos 4-3 on penalties. The full time ended at 0-0 even as both teams tried to outwit themselves while trying to take their chances during the game.

The Olukoya Boys had the better part of the game as they dominated play in the first half but missed several scoring chances.

MFM FC’s Onuwa was a star man of the game as his dribbling skills were a delight to watch by the close to 2000 fans that came to the stadium for the epic final.

In the second half, Lobi Stars dominated play and should have won it but the Olukoya Boys defenders were solid in keeping their lines.

MFM thought they had got a last minute penalty only for the match official to rule the infringement as a dive. Both teams then had to decide their fate via penalties after the referee end of the game with score line at 0-0.

The Olukoya Boys twice fluffed their chance of claiming the trophy after Lobi Stars had missed their's but Isah Akor who should have won it for his team scoring their 6th spot kick made a mess of it.

The end result saw the Food Basket outfit winning the match 4-3 on penalty, then claiming the trophy of the 4th edition of the championship.

However, MFM duo of Sikiru Olatunbosun and Onuwa Chukwuka, won the tourney’s Top scorer and Most Valuable Player awards respectively.