Dreams will become reality for Nelson teenager Adam Hillis when he flies out with his team to the under-17 Football World Cup in Brazil later this month. "It was pretty exciting stuff, I'm pretty keen to go – it's a lifetime dream to be honest," Hillis said. In 2017, he moved to Wellington to join the Wellington Phoenix Football Academy, doing his schooling at Scots College and playing football for Lower Hutt City FC. "It shows moving away from home and all that, giving up all my plans to play football was worth it." "Angola is a quite direct team, they play long and are quite fit, they run around and chase a lot.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2019 15:45 UTC