• Methodist Girls tackle Ansar-ud-Deen

STILL nursing the wound of losing last year’s final, players and officials of King’s College, believe it is time for revenge when the team clash against Anwar-ul-Islam Model College in today’s final of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)-sponsored Heritage Cup.

The two teams will face each other at Onikan Stadium to decide the winner of the season two of the championship.

Kings College led by Coach Hassan Tairu defeated Grace International College 3-0 in the second semifinal to book a date in the final against Anwar-ul-Islam team, which had earlier defeated Eko Boys High School, Mushin 2-0 in the first semi-final.

Coach Tairu, who was recently voted as Best Coach in the Lagos Junior League following his exploit with Lagos Island West team maintained that the final would be a revenge mission.

“I am proud of the team and the support from the school authority has been very tremendous. It is not quite easy to raise a team considering the fact that most of the players that did us proud last year have graduated but we had to start immediately and we are ready to spill their blood on the field to lift the trophy, he boasted.

Similarly, two goal hero and Senegalese born playmaker, Diallo Hardip Singh said, “we are grateful to almighty God for leading us to the final and our target is to lift the trophy and pay Anwar-ul-Islam, Agege in their own coin having lost last year’s final courtesy of a late minute goal.

For the girls’ event, Methodist Girls High School confronts Ansar-ud-Deen Girls High School for the coveted trophy.

In the semi-final ties played at Onikan Stadium at the weekend, the Methodist girls were in cloud nine after beating Queen’s College 2-1 to berth in the final.

Also, Ansar-ud-Deen Girls earned their place in the final after a deserved 2-0 win over Adrao International School.

An excited defender of Methodist, Aminat Akokhia said she was very happy that her team triumphed over the ‘almighty’ Queen’s team.

“I am so happy that we were able to overcome our opponent because when we discovered that we were going to meet them, we prepared very well to ensure that we emerge victorious. And today, this has come to pass as we also look forward to our opponent in the final,” she said.

For Faidat Owotade of Ansar-ud-Deen, it was an easy win for her side. “I think we won this match easily because we supposed to score more goals in this semi-final encounter. But the final is our target now because we watched the Methodist girls and we are sure they will fall in the final. We will go back home and start training well to be able to lift the trophy,” Owotade said.