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The Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Ayo Agbesanwa, hailed the plan, saying that the Lagos State Government will key into the vision as it tallies with the administration’s objective of getting the youth off the streets and productively engaged. Agbesanwa called the plan a worthy “succession plan”.

As you rightly note, there is a lot of work ahead. I am not happy with the decline of the Super Falcons and we are putting heads together for an all-encompassing solution to women’s football, not just the Falcons. But apart from that, I believe we have done well in pursuing our vision.

The former Everton forward, 27, is a big fan of the popular HBO series based on George RR Martin’s books about warring families in a fictional medieval world, and jumped at the chance to meet one of its biggest stars when their paths crossed in a hotel.

The visitors were quickest off the starting blocks, with Javier Hernandez beating his marker two minutes in and steering Karim Bellarabi’s delivery towards goal, but Marc-Andre ter Stegen reacted well to deny his close-range effort

It took just two minutes for Porto’s Yacine Brahimi to force an early save out of Asmir Begovic in the Chelsea goal, but up the other end, Cesc Fabregas saw Iker Casillas react sharply to push his strike past the post