Bahamas 2017: Super Sand Eagles not afraid of Italy

April 26, 2017

Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles will Thursday flag off their campaign in the FIFA Beach world Cup holding in Bahamas, beginning with the tie against Italy at the national Beach Soccer Arena Nassau.

The Isiaka Olawale captained side who hit the venue in batches have since  put every distraction behind them and are hoping to post an impressive outing in Bahamas. Other teams lined up as hurdles for Eagles include Iran and Mexico.

Sand Eagles will take on Mexico on Saturday and finally Iran on May 1st in the Group stage.

An expectant and confident Olawale expressed hope that mother luck and odds will favour the Nigerian side to achieve set target even as he revealed the determination of the boys to resist the temptation to underrate or overrate any team.

 “All the teams we will be facing are very, very good teams. We will take each match as it comes. But we will try our very best. We have to be at our best if we want to make it through to the next round. We have faced some of the teams before and we know that any team that has qualified for the World Cup deserves to be there.”

Bahamas 2017 will be the fourth time that Olawale competes in the showpiece event of beach soccer, having been in the Nigerian team at the 2007 finals in Brazil, the 2009 edition in the United Arab Emirates and the last time the Super Sand Eagles made it through in 2011, when Italy hosted the tournament.

Like many other beach soccer players, Olawale started out in the traditional game, but unlike many others, he still competes at the highest level, turning out for El Kanemi Warriors in the Nigerian top flight.

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