Spires 5-Aside Tourney Kicks off on a high note In Lagos

The highly anticipated second season of the Spires 5-Aside Naija Street Soccer Tournament gets on the way with plenty of excitement on Sunday.

This year’s event commenced with a celebrity match, which saw some of Nigeria’s finest skits makers and social media influencers take to pitch to show their football skills.

At the end of hostilities, it was team Pooja who came out tops with a 2-1 victory against Team IBK at the Stables Sports Center in Surulere.

The opening matchday further produced plenty of fireworks as New Generation FC and All Saints FC produced an eight (8) goal thriller, which ended with four (4) goals on either side.
The second fixture, however, produced a winner as Peckins FA secured a 3-1 win against Olaodus FC in yet another pulsating encounter.

Matchday2 round of fixtures continues today as follows. Greater Tomorrow FA will file out against Emaljus FC, Young Strikers Football Club will lock-horns against White Tigers, and Evagrin FC will square up against Blood and Sand FC. The matches will get on the way by 12 noon today at the same venue.

For the initiator of the tournament, Dr. Bankole Alibay, this year’s event has recorded a great start, and they hope to build on the success going forward.

In his words: ” We are happy there’s a great buzz around the tournament at this time and everyone is talking about it, the sixteen teams are hungry to finish tops in their respective and even go all the way to win the tournament, this is the feeling around this year’s championship and we believe the fans will enjoy it every step of the way”.

The Environmental Social and Governance expert further reveals plans ahead of a tech week and other seminars for the players.

“This year’s event is special, I must tell you, as we speak all is in place for a tech week to run side by side with the tournament, the players will learn modern skills like artificial intelligence, machine learning, graphics designs as well as computer installation”. This knowledge will make them competitive beyond the football space. Alibay said.

The 2025 Spires 5-Aside Naija Street Soccer Tournament, which got on the way on Sunday, October 26th, will come to a close on Saturday, 15th November.