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The semifinals of the 2025 Zenith Bank/Delta Principals Cup football competition will be held in two centres, Ughelli and Ozoro, today. The yearly competition kicked off in Asaba on September 18, and now the final four teams have emerged out of over 1,000 secondary schools that started the competition from the preliminary stage.
Warri South Council, represented by Ogbe Ijoh Grammar School, are through to the last four, and they will face Justice, Peace and Success Secondary School representing Aniocha South Council of Delta State. The match is slated for Notre Dame College, Ozoro.
The second semifinals will see Otokutu Grammar School, representing Ughelli South, take on Uwvie Council’s Urhobo College, Effurun, at Government College, Ughelli.
These four semifinalists took part in the preliminaries to represent their respective local councils and also went ahead to emerge tops at the zonal qualifiers decided at various centres before the quarterfinals on Tuesday in four different centres across the state.
According to the CEO of Hideaplus, the organisers of the yearly youth developmental competition, Tony Pemu, the 2025 event has been exciting.
“We have seen games from the zonal and quarterfinal stage looking like the final in terms of the skills displayed and the talents exhibited. In the semis, we expect more responses from the players just as we expect a big final on October 16 in Asaba,” Pemu said.
Meanwhile, a total of 64 players have been scouted so far, with the potential of moving on to greener pastures to hone their trade in the round leather game.
The players include Salah James, Divine Efenudi, Oghenevwere Johnson, Young Jeffrey, Ojobo Rejoice, Okiki Victor, Nwori Ifeanyi, Eze Destiny and Evans Faith, to mention just a few.
The winners of Tuesday’s semifinal matches will be through to play in the final of this edition, the 8th in the series, slated for the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
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