Lack Of Preparations Affect Us, Olawale

The captain of Nigeria's Super Sand Eagles. Isiaka Olawale, has attributed the team's inability to win this year's edition of Copa Lagos Beach soccer competition to lack of adequate preparations.

Nigeria's Super Sand Eagles that garnered six points from three league matches having defeated Ghana and Senegal,lost to the current champions, Cote D'ivoire, 4-5.

Olawale, who explained that they were in camp for seven days to the competition, said the Nigerian team was at their best but it was not good enough when compared to the Ghanaian and Cote D'ivoire squad that participated in international competitions in France.

While noting that they lost to a better prepared team, Olawale said the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, through the Beach soccer committee should endeavour to invite them to camp two months to major competitions, adding that the team reached the quarter-final of FIFA Beach soccer World cup in Italy due to proper and adequate preparations.

The team captain, said he could win major competitions if the NFF could extend fifty - percent of renumeration giving to the Nigeria's Super Eagles, stressing that the NFF should pave the way for the commencement of Nigerian Beach socer league in order to build a solid team of credible beach soccer players couple with established players featuring in the nation's premier league.

In a bid to present a virile squad for the FIFA Beach soccer World cup qualifier, Olawale, appealed to the NFF to assist the team to participate in the Red Bull Beach soccer tournament in South Africa in March, 2015 and other notable friendlies as a build up to the World cup.