{"id":96151,"date":"2025-09-28T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96151"},"modified":"2025-09-28T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T10:13:00","slug":"uds-beat-paulista-university-2-1-in-extea-time-to-win-2025-world-university-games-football-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96151","title":{"rendered":"UDS beat Paulista University 2-1 in extea time to win 2025 World University Games football tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The University for Development Studies (UDS) emerged champions of the 2025 World University Games football tournament after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over defending champions Paulista University of Brazil.<\/p>\n

The final, played before nearly 23,000 fans, had UDS trailing within the opening 30 seconds when Gabriel Viera capitalised on a defensive lapse and cleverly lobbed goalkeeper Emmanuel Edo to give Paulista an early lead.<\/p>\n

Despite the setback, Ibrahim Tanko\u2019s side quickly took control of the game. UDS dominated possession and created several openings but the final finishing led them down.<\/p>\n

The Ghanaians, however, poured more bodies forward and their persistence was finally rewarded in stoppage time when Frimpong dribbled past Silva, forcing a save that fell kindly to captain Asigre Sulemana. He made no mistake from close range in the 93rd minute, sending the contest into extra time.<\/p>\n

UDS continued to press in the additional period, but Silva produced a string of saves to keep his side in contention. But in the 121st minute, the pressure told.<\/p>\n

From a corner taken by Ezedeen Alhassan, Silva failed to deal with a difficult delivery, and the ball slipped through his grasp into the net.<\/p>\n

The dramatic late goal sparked wild celebrations from the UDS bench led by Tanko.<\/p>\n

Paulista, stunned by the turnaround, lost possession immediately after the restart, and the referee\u2019s final whistle a few seconds crowned UDS as champions.<\/p>\n

The victory dethroned Paulista University, winners of the tournament two years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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