Shooting stars, Crown FC set to meet on MKO Abiola    day

Pummelled Pacesetters, Shaki United by 4:0 a piece  at the semifinals of the AITEO Cup competition

Bode Daniels Shines by scoring a brace..

Ayobami, Yussuf , a delight to watch in the 3SC squad

Final now to be played on June 12 instead of  May 27

By Ayo Ademokoya

‘Bi orogun eni ba ju iya eni lo, Iya la pe’ goes the popular Yoruba adage that could best described the semi-final encounters of the ongoing Federation Cup now known as the AITEO cup between the duo of Shaki United of Shaki and Pacesetters FC of Ibadan who fell like cards of cards in front of the ‘almighties’ Shooting stars FC of Ibadan and Crown FC of Ogbomosho on Saturday afternoon the 26^th of May 2017.

Shaki United who played scintillating football in the first half of the game which kicked off around 2pm lacked clinical finish in front of goals only to conceed four unreplied goals in the second half with Bode Daniels scoring a brace within five minutes he spent on the field of play as a substitute.

After playing to gallery in the first half, the technical crew of Crown FC proved their superiority over their brothers from Oke-Oogun in the 47th minutes from a goalkeeping blunder to make it 1-0.

Bode Daniel who was brought into the game as a substitute in the 55^th minutes of play was the star of the match as he pumped in two goals in the 57^th  and 62^nd minutes to take the game beyond Shaki United.

The 4^th goal came in the dying minutes of the second half and took the game beyond the expectation of the Shaki boys who had the high hopes of wrestling a slot out of the two slots allocated for Oyo state been dominated by the duo of Shooting star FC and Crown of Ogbomosho for the past 13 years by qualifying for the finals.

The second semi-final match between Shooting stars and Pacesetters FC which ended  4:0 in favour of 3SC was more or less a training encounter for the Oluyole warriors as midfield maestro Ayobami  who netted the second goal to the admiration of the fans present  was unarguably the man of the match of the encounter

Within the space of 5 minutes to the commencement of the match Shooting stars recorded two quick goals before Ayobami and Issa scored the 3^rd and the fourth goal.

It is now crystal clear that football shooting the federation Cup grip held by the duo of shooting stars and crown FC for the past 13 years in Oyo state could not be removed by other teams in the state who remains minnows in battle when confronting the duo.

However the final of the AITEO Cup which was scheduled to take place on Sunday the 27^th of May (Children’s Day) has been shifted to the 12^th of June, 2018(Abiola Day)

It is on record that the Federation Cup was won last 20 years ago by 3SC and Crown FC was controversially bundled out of the competition at the semi-final of the cup by Ifeanyi Ubah and hopefully the duo will give a better representation when the competition kicks off at the national level.