Monrovia-Team Liberia on Wednesday suffer 4-0 defeat to their West African brothers in the 2018 SATUC World Cup played in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Having beaten Morocco 5-1 in the semifinal to book her place in the grand final lost to Nigeria 4-0.
This lost is the Country second in two months after losing West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Grand finale to the Gambia 2-1 in July of this year at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville.
Liberia was invited through the Ministry of Youth and Sports to participate in the tournament.
The tournament is aimed at giving disadvantaged children and orphans space to excel, making them the center of attention through encouragement and mentoring.
Nigeria Under-16 football team scored 26 goals in the competition with five matches played and conceded only three throughout this edition.
Nigeria’s red-hot striker, Arafat Hussain, scored a brace against Liberia to increase his overall goals to nine and was crowned the Most Valuable cum Highest Goal Scorer of the tournament.
The Minna-based team became the winner of the second edition of the tournament staged to showcase the innate talents of underprivileged kids between the ages of 15 and 16 across 16 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Meanwhile, Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung is expected to receive the team on Monday morning, just as Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello is also expected to honour the side.Already, Super Eagles players, Umar Aminu, Shehu Abdullahi, Kenneth Omeruo and Daddy Moses have pledged to support the good initiatives of the founder of the John Utaka Foundation, John Utaka.
