Yajifarz Cup Ogbomoso: Mighty Crown, Galaxy, Taraa, Romeo trade tackles in S/final crackers today

Yajifarz Cup Ogbomoso: Mighty Crown, Galaxy, Taraa, Romeo trade tackles in S/final crackers today

Yinka ADETUNJI

Today, the Ogbomoso Grammar School football pitch will be set aglow as the 2025 Yajifarz Foundation Football Competition semi finals crackers hold.

Mighty Crown FC will trade tackles with the Galaxy FC starting 2pm while Taraa Rovers will battle the final ticket with the Romeo FC after the first encounter.

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To reach this stage Mighty Crown which recently lifted Ayo Atanda Cup defeated Bright Stars 5-4 on penalties. Galaxy FC beat Tewure Utd 1-0, Romeo FC edged Masifa Utd 2-1 while Taraa Rovers took out Adifala Utd 4-2, also on penalties.

The date of the final is not yet scheduled according to the president of the organising committee High Chief John Akinkunmi Areo Oyadeyi 1 the Olowode of Owode.

He said the chairman of the Yajifarz Foundation, Alhaji AbdulMajid Oladimeji Solademi, sponsor of the competition, will determine the date of the final later.

Olowode praised the gesture of Alhaji Solademi, an Ogbomoso businessman based in Abuja and who runs a female basketball team campaigning in the national basketball league, saying his commitment to develop football in Ogbomoso is remarkable. “More power to his elbow,” he said during a chat with Ogbomoso Insight Sports.

Also, High Chief Areo expressed gratitude to his team including Senior Amuda Jimoh (chairman of the planning committee), Mr Abioye Abdulrazak (secretary), Owolabi Fatai Adewale (adviser), Mr. Tunde a.k.a. Elderly, Olubisi Noah Awoye sports Link (chief organizer) and Amzat Azeez (A.Z.), for their “professional handling of the competition” as well as thanking the match officials for their ”professional officiating.”

He expressed confidence the semifinal matches today will be “exciting.”