MFM wins Church World Cup

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos has been declared the best football playing church in the world.
The Nigerian representative achieved this feat after defeating the United Church of Colombia 7-0 in the final of the maiden edition of The Church World Cup on Sunday afternoon in Goa, India.
The MFM FC, which plays in the Nigeria National Division One League, dominated the encounter from the outset in what would turn out to be a mismatch.
It was just a matter of time for top striker, Adekunle Adegboyega, to open 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 the 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 making 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 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 on Tuesday.
Exclaimed the sports loving clergy: “Wow!
“This is wonderful.
“The boys have made Nigeria and Africa very proud.
“I’m really happy that this feat was achieved by footballers who are ambassadors from MFM.
“They’ve made us proud in far away India.
“As a church, we will appreciate them.”