Two outstanding players of the 18th  edition of the annual NNPC/Shell Cup football competition organised for secondary schools in the 36 states of the country will have the opportunity of visiting Feyenoord Rotterdam’s Football Academy for further training.

The communication Manager of Shell Petroleum, Sola Abulu, who represented the General Manager of the company, Igo Weli, made this declaration during a media briefing ahead of the semifinal of the competition in Lagos on Sunday.

“We are happy to announce the introduction of a new reward for the two most outstanding players in the tournament,” Abulu said.

“The best two players in this year edition would be sponsored to Feyenoord Football Academy for a short further practical sessions and exposure.

“Scholarship rewards will also be given to some other outstanding students while the semifinalists players and their coaches will be rewarded with a total cash of N3.4m while their schools get a total of N4.8m in cash for the development of facilities and infrastructure in their respective schools.”

Former international, Mike Obiku, who was a member of the visiting Feyenoord Academy team to the country applauded NNPC/Shell for their decision to send two students to the academy.

He said some of the things lacking in most players in the country are their level of intelligence which has to do more about coaching.