Olea Cup: Mavlon’s Oche is Golden Boot winner

Sunday Oche, the dependable striker of Mavlon FC has won the Golden Boot award after scoring six goals in the Olea Cup tournament in Croatia, reports Extrasportsnigeria.wordpress.com

Oche, who has been described as the new ‘Oshimen’ due to his similar style of play to the Super Eagles striker, showed his class at the Olea Cup when he scored two consecutive hat tricks. This feat has sent strong messages to European clubs that another great goal poacher from Mavlon FC is around the corner waiting to embrace European club football.

It was not just his two hattricks that endeared Oche to the organisers of the Olea Cup and scouts from some top European clubs, but how the goals were sublimely dispatched into the net.

The striker at 16 years, is very proficient with both legs as witnessed by the goals he scored in the tournament. He scored a spectacular bicycle-kick goal against GNK Dinamo.

Analysts say he is also good aerially. He dribbles effortlessly to create space for himself to score and also create assists. He has the skills, strength, and speed needed to flourish as a striker.

The goalkeepers of FK DAC and GNK Dinano will never forget in a hurry the way Oche condemned them for picking balls from the net in the tournament.

Mavlon finished third in the tournament. The team did not win the tournament, but what is sure is the fact that their young U17 players on display were all a delight to watch.

All these point to the fact that Mavlon FC is the bedrock of young talented footballers in Nigeria and the club will continue to discover and nurture talents in the round leather game.

Oche has shown great potential in the Olea Cup in Croatia scoring six goals in the tournament and it will not be a surprise if some European clubs begin to jostle for his signature counting down to when he will clock 18 years.