Kenya’s James Nderitu and his team mate JJ Okocha emerged winners of the Guinness
Football Challenge celebrity finale that brought together
four top African Soccer stars, bringing
a close to the season 2 of the East African Guinness Football challenge
TV
show.
The pair trounced three other African soccer icons
Marcel
Desailly, Rigobert Song and Kalusha Bwalya who were paired with George
Otieno
from Kenya, Hance Kimola of Tanzania and Patrick Ogua from Uganda
respectively
to win USD 50,000.
The episode kicked off with the four football
heroes, Jay
Jay Okocha, Marcel Desailly, Rigobert Song and Kalusha Bwalya, stepping
out
onto the pitch to pick their team mates.
And each of the icons picked the colours that matched with the
jersey of
the contestants to team up with.
Marcel Desailly and Kenya’s George Daniel Otieno
faced the
first elimination in round one after failing to score any points in the
physical challenge of round one. Zambia’s FA president and renowned
football
star Kalusha Bwalya and his team mate Patrick Ogua from Uganda got the
second
elimination from the show after getting 1 point in the team formation
challenge
against 5 points from Rigobert Song’ s team and 2 point JJ
Okocha’s team.
It was Kenyan businessman James Nderitu from Nakuru
and
Nigerian football icon Jay Jay Okocha who bagged the top prize to win
USD50K
after scoring 5 goals in the penalty shoot out against 4 from Rigobert
Song’s team.
Speaking after the show, Kenya’s James Nderitu was
all joy
and could only describe the experience as a dream come true “it amazing,
sharing the stage and getting to interact with some of the stars we only
see on
TV is an opportunity I will always cherish”.
The cash prize of USD 50,000 was divided among the
winning
team with Okocha giving away his share to the four contestants as a show
of
appreciation.
On his part Okocha said he was glad not to let his
fans down
“I wanted to prove to my football fans that I can still play football
and as
part of football mentorship, I feel I have been able to fulfill part of
that
obligation to my fans and the contestants”.
The four contestants were selected after a ten weeks
competition in the Guinness Football Challenge Mobigame; a web based
interactive football competition that was played across East Africa.
The Guinness Football Challenge Celebrity Finale TV Show
brings to the end the season 2 of the Guinness Football Challenge launched last
year.
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