Spires 5-Aside Street Soccer Tourney off to A Flying Start

The last 16 fixtures of Spires 5-Aside Street Soccer Tournament kicked off on a blistering note yesterday at the  Prestigious Stable Football Pitch, Surulere, Lagos. 

The opening matches saw fans going wide with excitement as the players put up fine football artistry. Results of some of the matches played showed 2 Odds FC defeat Zion FC 4-2 while Yahweh FC  also smiled away 4-3 against Peckins FC. Toprocks FC were 5-3 winner against ASD Academy while VVD FC  also defeated Owibesebe FC 4-2.

The opening fixtures  was witnessed by several football personalities, among whom was the CEO of Spires Media, Dr Femi Bankole-Alibay, the organisers of the tournament. 

Dr Bankole-Alibay expressed his excitement over the quality of games played in the opening round of the Last 16.

“I am excited with what I am seeing today, the turn out and the excitement created around this tournament.

“The overall aim of the SPIRES 5-Aside tournament is to unearth talents on the streets of Lagos not captured by the various football academies.

“With what I am seeing today, the future of this tournament looks great. We are  here to redefine Street Soccer in Nigeria as well as harnessing the immense talents within the Lagos communities,” he added

Dr Alibay further revealed that the winner of this season’s tournament will pocket N5million in prize money while the runners up and the third placed teams will smile home with N3million and N1million respectively.

There are also handsome prizes for the Most Valuable Player (MVP), the best goalkeeper and Coach of the Tournament

The tournament runs from November 20th to December 7th, 2024.