MFM wins inaugural Church World Cup In India

The all-conquering MFM players who won the inaugural edition of the Church world Cup in Indai

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Football Club of Lagos made history Sunday when they defeated the United Church of Colombia 7-0 to win the inaugural Church World Cup in Goa, India.
  MFM FC, which plays in the Nigeria National Division One League, dominated the encounter from the outset in what would turned out to be a mismatch.
  Top striker, Adekunle Adegboyega, opened the flood gate of goals, midfielder, Sheriff Alashe, made it 2-0, while two more goals came off the boots of Nelson Kenedinum and Adegboyega to give his team a 4-0 lead after 45 minutes.
  Adegboyega continued from where he stopped in the first half to complete his hat trick, elastic winger, Sikiru Olatunbosun found the back of the net twice, while midfielder Nelson Kenedinum completed the rout.
  MFM FC ended the competition without conceding a goal and scored a whopping 20 goals in five games.
  Meanwhile, It was a clean sweep for MFM FC as striker, Adegboyega won the top scorer award with eight goals and diminutive midfielder, Onuwa Emmanuel was voted the Most Valuable Player of the competition.
  MFM FC’s road to history at the Church World Cup in India started with a 3-0 win over Colombia, next to fall was Egypt, who lost 2-0, while Uzbekistan were hammered 7-0 and the host, India conceded a goal in the semi final, which catapulted the Olukoya Boys to the final of the competition.
  The participating teams were host, India, Colombia, Egypt, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Uzbekistan and Portugal.
  An elated MFM General Overseer, Dr. Daniel Olukoya was full of praise for the boys and has promised a befitting welcome for them on return to Nigeria tomorrow.
  “Wow! This is wonderful,” exclaimed the sports loving clergy. “The boys have made Nigeria and Africa very proud. I am really happy that this feat was achieved by footballers, who are ambassadors from MFM, they have made us proud in far away India.
  “As a church, we will appreciate them,” he added.