For eight weeks now, Star Lager has
powered Nigeria’s largest football TV gameshow, Star Football SuperFans and in
that time, Chelsea fans have recorded only one win. This week’s episode saw
them maintain that dreadful run of form on the platform through which Star
rewards football fans for the passion and knowledge regarding the game.
The unlucky Chelsea quintet known
as Blues FC, made up of Ike Festus, Odafe Samson Arugba, Anthony Effiong,
Adeleye Stephen and Unuagbon Michael Osa fell 0-2 in extra time after ending
full time with the score at 0-0. Team Red Devils, made up of Manchester United
fans Gabriel Chukwuma Ottah, Unogu Armstrong Nnaji, Adebayo David Sola, David
Onyinyechi Ndinne and Otabor Lucky were the lucky guys who took the N1 million
star prize home while Blues FC had to make do with the N100, 000 consolation
prize.
Host Mozez Praiz has presided
over clashes which had more goals and more incidents, but he probably found
this episode the most passionate as both teams made it ferociously clear that
they wanted to win. Both missed their first two questions but once Anthony
scored the game’s first 10-pointer for Blues FC, the game sparked into life.
Sola and Stephen then scored 20-pointers for Red Devils and Blues FC
respectively before David and Michael responded with 10-pointers of their own.
Lucky’s miss ensured the first half ended at 0-0.
The second half kicked off in
much the same pattern with both teams trying repeatedly but failing to make
incursions into the opposing territory. Only one question was answered
correctly as both teams revved up the 20-pointers to leave the full time score
at 0-0.
Then came the fun part.
Odafe of Blues FC faced off
against Armstrong of Team Red Devils to debate whether Manchester United has
been replaced as England’s top team by Chelsea. Even before the vote was cast,
the winner was obvious as Armstrong comprehensively took him to the cleaners,
leaving the entire crowd chanting “Armstrong! Armstrong! Armstrong!” .It
was no surprise when Mozez Praiz announced the result – a goal to the Red Devils.
and the N1 million in sight!
Stephen of Blues FC had to make
an impression on the audience to salvage the game for his team and force a
penalty shootout, but unfortunately his bum-wiggling rendition of “E wo won
b’on se n wo wa!” did little to set the audience alight and it was lucky
who got them out of their seats in enthusiasm with his energetic fan chant
backed up by the live band.
Finally it was time to unveil the
winner of the vote and the winner of the N1 million star prize and everyone
waited with bated breath as Mozez Praiz announced – Team Red Devils! The
audience erupted into further chants of “Armstrong! Armstrong! Armstrong!” as
the most popular man in the house celebrated joyfully.
Speaking afterwards, Corporate
Affairs Adviser, Nigerian Breweries, Kufre Ekanem said, “Star Football
SuperFans is the pinnacle of Star’s dedication to football in Nigeria. I say
this because football is not primarily about big name players or high profile
tournaments – it is about the fans who make the game the world’s number one
sport. All too often, the role of the fans in making football what we all know
and love is understated, and this is why we have put this platform together –
to appreciate and reward these wonderful supporters for making this sport the beautiful
game.”
The Star Football SuperFans
campaign runs for fourteen weeks and you can be part of it by registering here. It tests the
knowledge of football fans regarding the game, its history, characters and
everything else that makes it Nigeria’s number one sport.
The STAR Football SuperFans
campaign is the latest in a string of customer reward platforms by STAR as it
continues to reaffirm its industry leadership position as a customer favourite.
Congratulation for the winner
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