David Tagoe
2 May 2011
The finalists of the MTN Soccer Academy 4 West Africa Reality Show have arrived safely in South Africa to begin a two-week trials with Super sport, South Africa Premier League side, a release signed by the CEO of Optimum Media Prime (OMP), organizers of the show Mr. Fadi Fattal has stated.
And indications are that the players -Ahmed Awal, the ultimate winner (Ghana), Mohammed Lawal (Nigeria), Kesselly Zulu (Liberia) and Benjamin Baah (Ghana) will start training today, at the team’s training grounds at Groenkloof.
After a shake up exercise in the afternoon, the foursome are expected to watch the Mamelodi Sundowns versus Kaizer Chiefs game at Loftus, to be accompanied by Sipho Mabuza, a Supersport official tomorrow, till they wrap up the exercise on May 14.
A tentative training programme has been rolled out, which will see the players train in the morning from 8am to 10am and then from 3pm to 5pm in the evening, and it would be interspersed by some matches.
The South African league has just ended, and according to Mr. Fattal, the trip demonstrates his outfit’s commitment to support the development of football and to fulfill their promise to the contestants.
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