Eko Football Queens Championship tournament curtain was drawn down today at the Agege Soccer Temple with a final showpiece battle for supremacy between Royaltom Queens and Oasis Queens ending 1-1 at full time with Oasis being crowned as champions after the penalty shoot-out triumph.
So many positives for Royaltom Queens despite being on the losing end which is the fact that they gave a good account of themselves as some of their players couped the award for the most valuable player of the tournament, best goalkeeper of the tournament, the best team of the tournament and well-behaved team of the tournament, Sports247 writes.
Following their second-place finish in the tournament, Royaltom Queen’s coach, Olajide Royal who distinguished himself from the beginning of the tournament to the end with his reserved and confident nature of not being on the sideline to dish out instructions to players revealed that the talking, coaching, and tactical instructions are done in training ground as it is like a competition when they train, hence the team replicates what they have practiced.
“We know what we want to do, we know what we need so there’s no point for me coming to shout on the players because when you shout at them, you put them in a state of confusion, they know what’s demanded of them and once they are on the pitch, they carry it out.”
“When you have a player down, you have one or two things to pass across or half-time, you pass the message. They go there and do what I want them to do and make the team proud.”
Rating the performances of his players, Olajide admitted that only God can get things right, so he isn’t worried.
With their championship qualification sealed, the coach allayed the extent of the work which the team has been going through in a long while, “if you look at the way they play, the teamwork, the synergy is present so getting into the NWFL championship is a matter of time as we are fully prepared for it.”
“We thank God for the promotional ticket. As time goes on, we will get better, so people should expect better performances from the girls any moment from now.”
“Discipline is the motto of the team, we have young girls who are well behaved. Anything we do, from your appearance, they must see it in you. Many people see footballers as irresponsible children but we are here to preach the message that footballers are not irresponsible, they are the pride of the country, of the nation, of the family, and of the team.”
“Anywhere we get to, seeing them alone will make people know that these ones are responsible children and by the time they get on the pitch, you know at times when you see them, many people will belittle them and say can these ones play football, look at how all of them are looking like secondary school students, yes we do like them but when we get to the pitch, they will understand what football is all about. So the discipline is on and off the field,” he concluded.
