On 31st march 2018, the united stars of OEC (UTSO) played a friendly match with Nanjing FC (NFC) at the middle pitch of Jiangsu University. At exactly 1:30pm, the referee, Shehu Shamsudeen whistled for the first pass of the ball to commence the soccer with his 2 assistance, Oswine Aganda, Usman Mohammed.

Many spectators were present to cheer their fans and boost their moral to win the match. The game was highly competitive and the two teams exhibited their football skills and talents vigorously.

After many trials of goal scoring, none of the teams was able to score a goal until at the tail-end first-half; NFC scored a skilful unexpected goal.

The commencement of the second half marked the highest zeal of each team to win the opponent. After playing few minutes, Momopaye scored a beautiful goal on target equalizing the goals 1-1.

The players exhibited their talents and skills of football. This served as a joy to the great spectators. The coach of UTSO and NFC, Yusif Mukhtar and Merim Brkic respectively, closely monitored their players, motivated them, controlled their positions and made substitution where necessary. This gave the benched-players the opportunity to showcase their talents.

At the end, the two teams drew 3-3 balancing the joy between the supporters of both teams. The goal Scorers were; Munachilau Munzele (1) and Momopaye (2) for UTSO and Marco, Prince and Arda for NFC.

According to Yusif, the Coach of the United Stars of OEC (UTSO), the main aim for the friendly match was to create fun and assess the performance of the team for its long term of assiduous training and to equip the players as well.

The game was sponsored by OEC and ended successfully at 3:30pm.

Writer: Mansuur Husein (Olive Media, Olive Daily)