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Nigerian youths have emerged Champions of the FC Bayern Munich youth world finals Cup 2022.
The boys went unbeaten to win the cup after beating Japan 3 :1
The boys played all their games without losing any, as they started their campaign trashing Singapore 3:0, and beating Japan 1:0, while they cleaned out Argentina with 4 goals.
Mexico gave them a good fight in the semifinals while the Nigerian boys maintained their unbeaten trail with 2:2 draw, before they met Japan again in the finals and beat them 3:1
Victor Omale won the golden booth award with six goals while Abdulgaffar Abubakar won the golden glove award conceding only 3goals. Victor Orakpo won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. Victor Orakpo will be in the FC Bayern World Squad for 2023.
About eight player from the Champions Nigeria, made it to the team of the tournament and will take on FC Bayern U-15 after which they moved to Allianz Arena to watch FC Bayern Munich against Freiburg FC in the German Bundesliga on Sunday 16th October 2022.
The FC Bayern Munich youth Cup 2022 Champions will be back to Nigeria in a few days with the trophy to present to football stakeholders in the industry.
Recall that Aspire FC President, Chief Dr. Emeka Okeke has been on ground to redefine football administration in the state with the initiative of “My Anambra Football” which brought the maiden edition of ‘My Anambra Football’ Super8 tournament. The first tournament was won by GP world FA Nnewi in 2021.
The philanthropist, human developer and grassroots football developer also brought home and fully sponsored the 2022 edition of FC Bayern Munich Youth Cup Nigeria tournament held in April/May 2022 at the Awka City Stadium which led to 10 of these under-16 Nigerian teenage footballers embarking on the trip to Germany for the FC Bayern Munich Global youth cup tournament.
The President of Aspire FC, and Aspire foundation from Adazi-Ani, Dr Emeka Okeke will tour Anambra state with the boys as part of efforts to bring the Nigerian Youth Cup to Anambra State and kickstart the main goal which is to set up FC Bayern Elite Academy in Anambra State.
