{"id":5102,"date":"2021-05-04T12:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:20:37","slug":"naija-ratels-captain-reveals-how-she-dump-volleyball-for-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/naija-ratels-captain-reveals-how-she-dump-volleyball-for-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Naija Ratels captain reveals how she dump Volleyball for Football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Championship side Naija Ratels Captain Paulina Ali has shown real character as the leader of the team ever since she was made captain over two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charismatic defender recently revealed how she started the round leather game as a kid and how her parents never supported her in the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young player believes that she has grown as a leader and player in Naija Ratels and owes the club alot of responsibilities, reasons why she never left the club, despite receiving offers from some of the biggest teams in the NWFL Premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For me, Football is the only thing that makes me happy. Football is life and am glad I can do what I love doing here at Naija Ratels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I started out with volleyball and was very good at it, until one of my teachers at Padopads Secondary School, Makurdi convinced me to start playing soccer, probably because of my height. I fell in love with the game afterwards and never looked back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n