2nd May, 2013
Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi is the chairman of Lagos State Football Association. He spoke about this year’s Lagos FA Cup and his plans for the grand finale on Sunday with SUNDAY AKINTOYE
Sir, how would you rate this year’s Lagos State Challenge Cup?
I am happy that this year’s Lagos State Challenge Cup known as Lagos FA Cup has lived up to expectations in terms of organisation, good officiating and standard of play by the participating teams. I must confess that this year’s edition is better organised than the previous editions.
Why did you say that this year’s is better than previous editions?
If you look this year’s edition, there was no much complain about bad officiating and we did not get any report of soccer hooliganism from the past matches. It shows that the organisers have learnt from the past mistakes and ensure sure that this year’s edition is a hitch free tournament. I think one should give kudos to the organisers for working round the clock to ensure that all the participating teams are treated equally.
You watched the quarter final game between COD United and Bridge FC, how would you rate the match?
It was a very technical game from the both sides. Both teams played good football and the fans really enjoyed the game. Like I said before, there is improvement in the competition this year than the previous editions.
We were told that the semi final match will hold tomorrow while, the final match will hold on Sunday at the Agege Stadium, any arrangement for the closing ceremony?
We are planning to make this year’s edition memorable one.We have sent letters of invitation to some sports administrators in the state to grace the final. We are expecting Lagos State Commissioner for Sports, Enitan Waheed Oshodi and other top government functionaries to be part of the grand finale.We are also planning to give the competition media publicity before Sunday.