By Amaechi Agbo

Nigeria’s first and foremost premium independent football Academy, Fosla Academy of Abuja are Champions of the maiden National Principal’s Cup

The Abuaj-Karshi- based academy showed class and superiority as they defeated Christ Comprehensive School 2-0 in the final on Tuesday.

Played at the practising pitch of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, Fosla Academy from FCT represented the North-Central zone at the final while Christ Comprehensive School Kakuira from Kaduna State represented North-West region

The match which kicked off at 11:36am was cagy in the early stage but Tukura Joel broke the deadlock when he beat the offside flag to slot in the opener in the 23rd minute.

While the Kaduna boys were still recovering from the shock of conceding, it was followed by another quick goal from same Tukura again who fired in a sublime shot from outside the 18 yard into the right corner of the post in the 24th minute to weaken the stubborn Kaduna boys.

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The scoreline ended 2-0 as at half time. After the resumption of proceedings, Christ Comprehensive School mounted series of pressure on their opponents but it ended in futility as the scoreline remained the same at the end of regulation.

With this feat, Fosla Academy has become the pioneer winner of the maiden National Principal’s Cup.

Speaking after the victory, coach of the side, Gilbert Igwe expressed joy over the feat adding that the mission of the academy has been achieved.

“We set out from day one to win the competition and I am glad that the players did not lose focus. I am grateful to God for his grace and also thankful to the management of Fosla for their support.

“We played 9 matches to win the cup without losing any. So the players were spot-on and the coaching crew did their best too,” he said.

FOSLA Academy is owned by former Nigeria Football Federation, NFF President, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi who oversaw the affairs of the federation from 2006 to 2010.