Pepsi academy plans exposure for students

Director of Pepsi Football Academy, Kasimawo Laloko, has stated that the academy’s students would be exposed to more international competitions locally and internationally to test their skills against youngsters from other parts of the world.

Laloko, who stated this at the end of the just concluded Pepsi Festival of Youth, added that it would equip the academy‘s students with the confidence required to make a successful career as professional footballers.

”More Pepsi Academy students will also have the opportunity of enjoying overseas scholarship which will enable them to play and study in the best schools in the UK,” Laloko said, noting that eight students of the academy were already benefiting from scholarships in St. Bedes College and Brooke House College in Britain.

The revelation of the final day of the Pepsi Festival of Youth which ended ON Thursday at the Pepsi Football College Orile Imo, Ogun State was 13-year-old Paul Nsofor who repeated his feat of last year by retaining his trophy as highest goal scorer and Most Valuable Player in the U-13 category.

Nsofor said Mikel Obi, a product of the Pepsi Football Academy, is his role model. ”I like the way Mikel plays but I try to push forward whenever am with the ball even though am a supporting-striker that is why I could score goals,” the Pepsi lad said. Nsofor said he would like to play for Barcelona if he has the opportunity for international football career.
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