Nigeria Emerge 3 Times Champions Of Copa Lagos Beach Soccer

The Super Sand Eagles humiliate Senegal in the decider to clinch their trophy for the third consecutive time.

The Super Sand Eagles did it again! Nigeria reedited the Copa Lagos Beach Soccer once more, after bending Senegal in the last game of the competition, thus rounding some terrific records with three victories in three games.

A packed stadium and a terribly noisy atmosphere set up the background for another unforgettable afternoon for the Super Sand Eagles. Only the win would give Adamu's side a win, though, and playing against the kings of Africa, Senegal, this is something you need to fight really hard for. The game was played in a winner-takes-it-all fashion, as a win by Senegal would have given the gold to Diop's side.

As expected, that made for a terribly contested battle, only decided in the last stages of the game. Nigeria hit first, thanks to Badmus, but the Lions of Teranga found the way to the hosts' back of the net and leveled things back midway second period.

Last stage was set to be an fierce fight between two powerful contenders with one clear objective. Nigeria managed to impose their law in their homeland, though, and three hits in just three minutes finished the game. The tournament's MVP, Abu, unbalanced the score, just seconds before Tale and Emeka settled the 4-1. Senegal tried to react, but they could only beat the Nigerian resistance in one single occasion, thanks to fall.

The three minutes remaining were not enough for the African Qualifier defending champions, and the final whistled meant the third Copa Lagos in a row for Nigeria, something that sets something very clear: Adamu's lads know very well how to defend their territory...

Goals: 1-0: Badmus, min. 5 (1); 1-1: Koukpaki, min. 3 (2); 2-1: Abu, min. 10 (3); 3-1: Tale, min. 8 (3); 4-1: Emeka, min. 7 (3); 4-2: Fall, min. 3 (3)

COPA LAGOS Beach Soccer 2013 Results.

Fri 13.12.13
15:00 - Senegal 4-5 Lebanon
16:15 - Germany 1-7 Nigeria

Sat 14.12.13
15:00 - Senegal 6-2 Germany
16:15 - Nigeria 6(4)-6(3) Lebanon

Sun 15.12.13
14:00 - Germany 6-5 Lebanon
16:30 - Nigeria 4-2 Senegal

Final standings
Winner: Nigeria
Runner-up: Senegal
3rd place: Lebanon
4th place: Germany

Individual awards
MVP: Abu

Source: BeachSoccer

Copa Lagos 2013: Nigeria Thrash Germany 7-1 In Beach Soccer

Germany 1-7 Nigeria

Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles yesterday (Friday, 13 2013) kicked off the defence of their title in this year’s Copa Lagos Beach Soccer in style at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos in the evening.

The Super Sand Eagles, who have won the first two editions of the Copa Lagos defeated former European Beach League champions, Germany 7-1 with three goals from 

• Abu Azeez, one each from 
• Ogbona Okemmiri, captain 
• Olawale Isiaka, 
• Ikechukwu Ibenegbu and 
• Ogbonna Emeka.

This will be the first time the Germany will take part in the Copa Lagos sponsored by FCMB Plc and Eko Atlantic. The Germans, who exhibited a combination of power and flair on the beach of the Eko Atlantic City, could not match the fire power of Nigeria’s Beach Eagle who proved too strong for them.

Meanwhile, Senegal who had been crowned champions of Africa three times in 2008, 2011 and 2013 were earlier in the afternoon defeated in the opening march by Lebanon 5-4.

Lebanon were making their second consecutive appearance at the Copa Lagos which they almost won last year in the final.

Head coach of the Nigerian team, Audu Adamu expressed his satisfaction with the performance of his team, saying “I am very happy and satisfied with the way the boys performed today, they really carried out the instructions and the training we had before this tournament was not in vain. We didn’t know the Germans before this match. I want to believe that they knew us and they really prepared for us. We’re looking forward to the next game, as you can see, there are no smaller team anymore. The Lebanese team defeated Senegal who were the former Africa champions. These Lebanese team almost defeated us last year. So, we have to prepare ourselves if we really want to defend the title.”

Next Matches

Germany vs Lebanon

Nigeria vs Senegal