Teams for the maiden ‘Above 50’ football tournament continued their training at the Police College, Ikeja playground with their coaches working on their fitness, ball possession/control, and striking skills to keep them in top shape ahead of the competition kicking off on Friday.
The teams made up of men and women sweat it out in the training session with some of them showing some good reflexes which is an indication that there won’t be any dull moment when the competition kicks off at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium Surulere Lagos.
Initiator and sponsor, Dr Edward Olutoke, who was part of the training, assured that the teams are battle ready. “Right now, all the teams are talking tough ahead of the tournament and I can assure you that we’re ready to go and the championship will be full of fun as the idea is not only to play football but to give participants the opportunity to network, discuss business ideas and keep fit.
“The whole idea behind the tournament is to give hope to the elderly assuring that the competition will be sustained and efforts intensified to have friendly matches with teams from Ghana and Brazil even as he explained that he’s looking forward to having an ‘Above 50 World Cup in future.”