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FCT FA Chairman thanks congress on his re-election
The FCT FA Chairman Adam Mouktar Mohammed has expressed his gratitude to the Congress of the FCT FA for their unflinching support towards him during the election on Saturday after he won by 12 votes as returned unopposed.
Mouktar Mohammed was re-elected for a second term after an outstanding first term where he turned the fortunes of FCT football around with some laudable achievements.
Speaking after his re-election, he expressed his happiness that he was able to do so much in his first term, while promising to double his efforts in the second term as there is so much work to do for continuous development of football in the FCT.
” I think the area councils is where the work is,we tried in the first term to make sure grassroot football grows significantly and we were able to achieve a lot. Bwari, has a mini stadia that has opened up the opportunity for players to come around and showcase their talents, tournaments can be played there instead of making them come all the way into the city centre” he said.
He continued “we would extend the same to other area councils to open it up to more football activities by making pitches available. This is even if it means partnering with schools by using their facility to achieve that. We have trained coaches at the NIS in the past and we hope to continue as it has really helped us see a huge difference in the FCT FA league overtime.
Mohammed, congratulated other board members, returning and newly elected, stating that, he hopes to work with them to achieve greater things in the FCT. He called for their enormous ideas and contributions towards the growth of football in FCT.
He further thanked the FCT administration for their immense support, while appreciating them for always standing by the board in all their activities which have been of grea benefit to the FCT.
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Nigerian teenager, Ilenikhena outshines Yamal Scores, As Monaco beat Barca 2-1
Nigerian striker George Ilenikhena scored on his Champions League debut as Monaco produced an upset against 10-man Barcelona.
The 18-year-old substitute raced on to Vanderson’s long ball over the top of the defence in the 71st minute and blasted his shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Eric Garcia had earlier been shown a straight red card with just 10 minutes gone when he fouled Takumi Minamino as the last man after a poor pass out from the back by Ter Stegen.
Monaco took the lead soon after when Maghnes Akliouche slotted past Ter Stegen who was rooted to the spot.
Barcelona’s own teenage star Lamine Yamal equalised with his first Champions League goal when he latched on to a long ball and cut inside before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner.
But Ilenikhena’s goal, his first since signing from Royal Antwerp in the summer, condemned Barcelona to an opening defeat.
Vanderson’s strike from the edge of the area was pushed past the post while Minamino had an effort deflected on to the crossbar for the hosts.
It could have been a more emphatic win but Folarin Balogun had a penalty overturned late on following a video assistant referee (VAR) check after he was adjudged to have gone down too easily under the challenges.
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