Sand Eagles Crowned Champion at Copa Lagos

Nigeria's Supersand Eagles have won the 2013 Copa Lagos Beach soccer championship beating debutants, Senegal 4-2 in the final on Sunday.

The Eagles had earlier threatened to boycott the encounter due to unpaid allowances, but after hours of talk, they went on and emerged champions.

This will be the third consecutive time that the Supersand Eagles will win the Copa Lagos Beach soccer championship after winning the previous two editions.


The Nigerians began the game on a brighter momentum as the Senegalese were peppered with flurry of attacks and it took only ten minute for the Sand Eagles to broke the deadlock.

A superb strike from Badmus Babatunde was enough for Nigeria as they showed the Senegalese the stuff they are made of in the first period.

Senegal came out smoking in the second period as parity was restored through Kapakuki, but Sand Eagles took the game beyond their foes in the final period with goals from Abu Azeez, Vitor Tale and Emeka Ogbonna.

Captain of the Nigerian team, Isiaka Olawale expressed happiness after the final whistle was blown by the center referee.

“I am so much happy that we have won the Copa Lagos again for the third time and I want to thank all our fans who have been so good to us in Lagos,” the midfield maestro told supersport.com afterwards.