The city of Port Harcourt was agog when football legends and stars turned up en-masse for a testimonial football match in honor of former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo. The match which was played between Team Nigeria and Team World was organised by the Joseph Yobo Foundation in conjunction with the Rivers State Government to honor the player who had a record 101 caps for the Super Eagles.
The match ended with Team Nigeria defeating Team World on a 5-4 goal line with Emmanuel Emenike scoring a hatrick. Actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw who also featured in the match was also able to net one for Team World.
Some of the players who turned up include, Samuel Eto Fils, Sule Muntari, and other African stars. Former Nigerian internationals, Mutiu Adepoju, Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, Vincent Eyeanma, Uche Okechukwu, Danny Shittu and others were also on ground to support the former Super Eagles captain who had professional football stints with Everton, Fernabache, Norwich, amongst others.
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