Sand Eagles Fall to Senegal in Beach Soccer Friendly
In a competitive friendly match held at the Murtala Muhammed Square Beach Soccer Pitch in Kaduna, Nigeria's beach soccer team, the Sand Eagles, faced off against Senegal, the defending African champions, on Saturday. The match ended with Nigeria losing 4-6.
Senegal opened the scoring with a goal from Laye Diagne, but Nigeria quickly equalized through Abdullahi Hassan. Senegal's goals were scored by Mamadou Sylla, who netted a hat trick, along with Ninou Jean-Paul Diatta and Asane Ba.
Abdullahi Hassan was the standout player for Nigeria, scoring all four of the team's goals and earning the Man-of-the-Match award. This match serves as preparation for the Sand Eagles ahead of their CAF Beach Soccer AFCON qualifying fixture against Ghana later this month.
The second friendly match between the two teams is scheduled to take place at the same venue on Monday morning.
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