In the last match played at the Eko Atlantic Beach, Victoria Island Sunday evening, the Nigerian team defeated Senegal 4-2 with goals from Badmus Babatunde, Abu Azeez, Talie and Ogbonna Emeka to successfully defended the title they won last year.
The Super Sand Eagles, who have now won the competition three times in a row, had to be in their best to see off their West Africa neighbours and former African champions, Senegal to lift the trophy.
The Senegalese provided a combination of power and flair on the beach of the Eko Atlantic City, the venue of the game, but the Nigerian Sand Eagles proved too strong for them to break.
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Tolu Oshinubi of FCMB presents trophy to captain of Super sand Eagles
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The presence of Tolu Oshunubi, Managing Director, FCMB Capitals proved to be a turning point as the Eagles improved their game to take a four goals lead, before the Senegalese battled to pull two back. The game ended 4-2 to the delight of Nigerian team and their fans.
Head coach of the Nigerian team, Audu Adamu expressed his delight after the game.
He said: “I am happy with the outcome of the game, this is the third time we are winning this tournament and you can see that we have improved over the years, I believe this team will go places. All the teams that participated in the tournament are good, it just a pity that one team had to take the trophy home at the end of the day”.
Meanwhile, in the other games of the day, former European League champions, Germany defeated last year’s runners-up, Lebanon by 5- 4.
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