A lot of activities accompanied gaining admission into the university of Ibadan. One of which happened to be the commencement of the CBN cup which was played mainly by fresher’s across different faculties. The preparation ahead of the competition gave a lot of department the hope of doing well. No one was to be belittled,no one was to be overrated. Payment of registration fee began which happen to be ₦7000 and and the end of it all,a total of 24 teams made payments. The competition was set to begin the next week.7 department from the faculty of technology participated including us. The draws were out and we divided into six groups, 4 teams in each group. Two top departments from the group stages matches qualified automatically,and four best losers were picked among the different groups to make a total of 16 teams. Each departmental head was present for the group stage fixture as papers were opened to determine which group each department falls in.
The competition began on a high note as we were set to play PBDS in our first match. Their was a high team spirit during the match. We outclassed our opponents and the match ended with 3 goals to nil in favour of my department
Match day 2 was against Mathematics and SStatistic. It was quite ironic as the my depaetmental mates didn’tmake it to the pitch on time.we had to make do with the players available. We conceded two quick goals in the first half of the game and managed to pull on back in the second half.We were second on the log and had to win the third match to secure an automatic qualification from the group.
We were set to face Animal science in our final match of the group. Alot of people said that they will be a walkover based on their previous performances in the competition. We relaxed,sure of qualification,we went into the match lackadaisically. To our shock,within the first 10 minutes,they were a goal up already. Then it dawn on us that they that win to qualify as best losers. We reorganised and were able to secure an equaliser before the half time break. The second half was up with a roaring starts from both team. Chances were created on both sides but neither of the two team converted Thier chances. A late minute penalty was award to us as I fell in the penalty area,and the referee quickly pointed to the spot. We converted the penalty and we were a goal is. The match ended 2-1 as we were able to secure qualification from the group.
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