NFF/Zenith Under 13/Under 15 Tournament: South South vs South East

Seeing genuinely young boys play football in an age grade competition in Nigeria gave me more joy than I can correctly express. Kudos to the NFF and Zenith bank. If these players are monitored and entered into a data base, age cheating will be a thing of the past in Nigerian football
 

































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