The grand finale of the popular youth football tournament in
the country, Copa CocaCola Lagos will climax this weekend, Sunday 27th at the
famous Teslim Balogun stadium, Lagos from noon but it won’t be all about
football as Davido, MI, Brymo and other top DJs, DJ Top and DJ Kess will thrill
the fans at the event.
Put together by beverage giant, CocaCola, the event which
started with many soccer teams has now been narrowed down to four, which
consists of teams Calabar, Ibadan, Abuja and Benin.
The Copa CocaCola tournament is a platform meant to discover
the next generation of great footballing talents that abound within the shores
of this country. The beverage company has always been at the fore front of
developmental football especially at the grassroots for some time now and the
initiative has brought
about positive developments in the lives of the participants
so far.
In a statement signed by the media partner for the tournament,
Stingomania360 ‘’there is need for multinational corporations to engage the
youths of this country actively in developmental initiatives like this. Football
talents abound in this country that need to be discovered urgently before they
waste away, that is why we at CocaCola are investing in projects like this
because these youths are the leaders of tomorrow. The tournament has achieved
some of its objectives as some of the products from the 2010 final are now in
the national U17 camp’’.
Also speaking on the tournament, the Marketing Director of
NBC, Austin Ofomba opined that ‘’many football talents abound at the
grassroots, they are almost inexhaustible. They need to be discovered and nurtured
properly, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi were discovered at the
grassroots too, we are very proud to be associated with a project like this’’.
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