The streets of Lagos and the corridors of 36 Lion Football Club erupted in wild celebration on Friday night after graduate Moses Usor lifted the Austrian Cup title with LASK. The winger, a proud product of the famous 36 Lion academy, played a decisive role in the final — registering a goal and an assist in LASK’s 4-2 victory over Altach. For the club that discovered and nurtured him, it was more than a trophy. It was proof.
Inside the 36 Lion camp, phones did not stop ringing. Coaches, teammates, and young academy boys gathered around as Usor scored in the 10th minute.
When the final whistle blew, the hall shook with drums, chants of “Usor! Usor!”, and tears of joy. “This is what we do it for,” said 36 Lion Technical Director Akinshola Akinrele aka Baba Arigo, holding back emotion. “From playing on sandy pitches here to lifting cups in Europe. Moses has made us proud.”
Usor’s journey is the 36 Lion dream in full color. Spotted as a raw, lightning-fast teenager, he honed his craft under the club’s philosophy of discipline, education, and fearless football.
Back home, the victory hits different. For every young boy training under the Lagos sun at 36 Lion, Usor’s Cup medal is a reminder: the path is real. The academy posted a video montage of his journey — from dusty trials to European final — with the caption: “Dreams valid ”. Current academy players watched it on repeat, many vowing to be “the next Usor.” Parents called the club office asking how to enroll their kids. In one night, Moses didn’t just win a cup. He won belief for a hundred others.
For 36 Lion, the party will last through the weekend. But the work continues Monday. Because as Baba Arigo put it: “Moses has shown the way. Now we must produce the next one.”
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