Team Romania defeated team England 1-0 in the final of the 2021 Women’s All-Stars Football Competition on Saturday at the Legacy Pitch, Surulere.
The Association of the Nigerian Women Football Club Coaches led by Mr Krämer Hans in conjunction with the Ayisatu Yusuf-Aromire Foundation put this together despite the aftermath of COVID-19 effects on grassroot development, with support from FARE Network, Team Nigeria UK, MonaLiiku among others.
The 26th edition which kicked off on January 6, saw twelve teams grouped into two groups of six teams each, ended on Saturday in the presence of sports dignitaries like Ayisatu Yusuf-Aromire.
The day started with a third-place playoff between Team Nigeria and Team Deutschland in a game that ended 3-0 in favour of Deutschland. Followed by a ceremonial match between the ex-internationals and selected All-Stars players.
All Stars tournament has been an avenue for discovering talents at raw level, nurtured into great potentials and introduced to the global platform since 1997, and this year’s edition is no different as talents were discovered and excellence rewarded.
Nkwocha Favour bags the best Striker award as presented by Ayisatu Yusuf-Aromire. Enebeli Chiamaka Maureen was presented the best goalkeeper of the competition by Mr Hans Kramer and the best defender award goes to Animashaun Tawa.
The grassroot competition aims at discovery, nurturing and producing talents to the upper level while empowering the girl-child on the street of Nigeria will be back again next year.
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