NIGERIA’S Supersand Eagles will depart the country for Nouakchott on Friday morning for their 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations qualifying clash against Mauritanian, scheduled for Saturday.
The match, which is the first of a two-leg tie, will have Egyptian officials in charge, with Hany Farouk El-Sayed Eleraky as the referee.
Ahmed Mohamed Elwan Nofal will be Referee 2 and Ibrahim El-Sayed Mahgoub Referee 3, while Khaled Mohamed Elewa will serve as time keeper and Moroccan El Mansouri Taha the commissioner.
Abdullahi Isa, a veteran goalkeeper who later became assistant coach of the team, is the new head coach of the Supersand Eagles, with Christopher Kadiri as assistant coach and Bashar Samaila as goalkeepers’ trainer.
Experienced players Victor Tale and Emeka Ogbonna are among the members of the squad, which also includes Arome Isah, Adams Taiwo, Emmanuel Ohwoferia, Godwin Tale, Egan-Osi Ekujimi, Chidozie Frank and Hassan Abdullahi.
The return leg is scheduled for Saturday, 27th July in Nigeria.
After the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 debacle that made the Nigeria Football Federation to disband the team, a group of enthusiasts, led by Mallam Mahmoud Hadejia, had kept the beach soccer fire burning around the country with the annual Nigeria Beach Soccer League and other competitions.
