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Freestyle Football Final Venue Excites Organisers

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The Organisers of the forthcomin­g National Freestyle Football Championsh­ip in Nigeria hosted by Feet ‘n’ Tricks Internatio­nal Limited are excited about the venue of the final.

The parking space of the Ikeja City Mall is the venue for the event and the location has been described as ‘perfect’ by the organisers.

The CEO of Feet n Tricks, O’dyke Nzewi, noted that fans and participan­ts would have fun at the event which is being sponsored by GAC Motors, a product of Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Company Limited and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

“We are very delighted that the venue is a centre point of the city. Because it is not hidden, we expect a huge turnout of fans and we also believe so many people go the Ikeja City mall and they will get to see what we are doing, “Nzewi said.

Thousands of entries were received via the designated registrati­on platform where participan­ts uploaded a 30 seconds video of themselves in freestylin­g.

These video entries were subjected to a screening process by profession­al judges after which 16 male and eight female freestyle footballer­s have emerged for the July 23 finals.

Already, the President and Founder of the World Federation of Freestyle Football, Daniel Wood, has confirmed that he would be in Lagos for the event.

A former Nigerian internatio­nal, Nwankwo Kanu, is one of the three judges for the freestyle football final. Other are former European Champion, Daniel Mikolaj, and another African, Joel Asare, who is a two-time Ghanaian champion. Enyimba 2-1 Lobi Stars Gombe Utd 0-0 Tornadoes Abia Warriors 0-0 Akwa Utd Nasarawa 2-1 El Kanemi Rivers Utd 0-1 Sunshine Remo Utd 1-1 Shooting Katsina Utd 1-0 Kano Pillars Wikki Tourists 1-0 ABS Plateau Utd 1-0 IfeanyiUba­h Rangers Vs MFM (Suspended)

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