HEAD Coach of the national beach soccer team, Audu Adamu
has said that he is proud of the Super Sand Eagles, despite losing 6-5 to Spain
beach soccer team in the final of the 2017 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer tournament
at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos.
Both teams went into Sunday’s game undefeated after winning
their previous two games in this year’s tournament, with Nigeria beating Morocco
7-6 on Friday and Lebanon 9-8 on Saturday, while the Spanish team defeated
Lebanon 7-3 and Morocco 8-5.
“I’m very proud of
my players, they are great players,” begins Adamu in a chat with NationSport
after the game.
“They are playing on grass, while the Spanish national
team plays morning and evening on the beach, that is their job. If I can bring
players from Ifeanyi Ubah, El Kanemi and other local team to play and face the
world, with time we will be competing at the highest level.
“I want to congratulate the Spanish beach soccer team, we
lost to a better side. If we get the kind of competitions they get before they
come here, it will be better for us. From here they will be going to Portugal
by next year and even Arsenal too will be there. So if we can get our league
started, it will improve the national team too, because nine to ten days
camping is not enough for the team. Brazil used 450 days to prepare and win the
World Cup in Bahamas. All we want is long time camping and get the beach soccer
league in place as soon as possible,” Adamu told NationSport.
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