Entire Ethiopian 20-Member Football Team, Officials ‘Elope’ In Sweden After Youth Games Won By Nigeria
The entire youth football team from Ethiopia has vanished in Sweden after the culmination of the Gothia Cup youth tournament in Gothenburg, sparking an international response.
The tournament ended 10 days ago, but authorities say the group still remains unaccounted for and has not returned to Ethiopia.
Officers are working with the Swedish Migration Agency, border police, and authorities in other countries to locate them
According to Sweden Herald, around 20 people, mostly players aged 14-17 and also some adult supervisors, left their hotel without checking out and cannot be located.
Nigeria’s Beyond Limits Academy, an arm of the Remo Stars, won the international tournament, their second time in a row.
The Nigerian boys are already back home.
For the second year in a row, Beyond Limits FA, the academy side of Remo Stars, won the U17 Gothia Cup in Sweden.
The Nigerians went the entire tournament unbeaten, scoring 20 goals and conceding only one.
* ASEC Mimosas 0-1 Beyond Limit
* Right to Dream 1-2 Beyond Limit
* Cantalão AD 0-0 Beyond Limit
* Beyond Limit 7-0 Brommapojkarna IF
* Beyond Limit 3-0 IFK Göteborg
* Sudeva Delhi FC 0-7 Beyond Limit.
