Benin Super League Pro : Loto-Popo validates his ticket

It was the most anticipated poster of the 14th day of the Beninese football championship in the Center and South-West Zone since the losing club will not see the Super League Pro. Not pushed by the stakes of this meeting to look like a final, the men of the Director General of the National Lottery of Benin (LNB), President of Loto-Popo, Gaston Zossou will gain the upper hand by resisting the electrical charges of Énergie FC. One goal, work of the young right-back, Raoul Abalonorou made the Loto boys happy (1-0).

Nightmarish evening for the team of Energie FC who could not find the necessary chemistry to overcome their opponent. LOTO POPO, in addition to determination, of the beautiful game produced and the superb form of his athletes composted his ticket for the Super League Pro. And this thanks to the work of Raoul Abalonorou. By its technicality, he made the decision on his own in this undecided match to make a difference. And in a lonely red, he deceived the vigilance of the opposing goalkeeper by registering the one and only of the game (1-0, 44’).

For the very first time in its history, this club which was born in 2019 at the instigation of the General Manager of the LNB Gaston Zossou and who stuck to the government's vision of the rupture will be in the closed circle of the best teams of the Beninese championship. A first goal achieved for the boss of this young team whose credo is to reveal Beninese sport to the world from work, good organization and monitoring of young national talents.

Impressions of LNB GM Gaston Zossou, president of LOTO-POP at the end of the match

“…My heart is full of gratitude, recognition for children who engage in a discipline that is not appropriate for their age. They pushed the body to the extreme. And for a first try it was a master stroke. Out of a little less than thirty we are among the best by lot but also by work. We're gonna play the Super League. I have a happy heart. Beyond all this, I consider our action as a mission. A mission to serve the nation, the state. The State that would like us to use sport to locate our country Benin on planet earth. What will not be done without a lot of sacrifice, a lot of commitments. We just won a battle. The war will be long, she will be eternal. We will someday, as this country sit on top of the world. I saw it in my mind that's why I'm committed. Everyone will do their part. Everyone will run their relay section. We want to force respect for the world through work…”

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