From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
Kebbi Utd BSC has edged Magatarkada BSC through penalty shoot out to lift the cup of the 4th edition of super 4 Kebbi beach soccer league of the 2023/2024 season.
At the end of the regular three periods,the two clubs played 4-4 draw in the entertaining finals held at Filin-sukuwa arena,Birnin Kebbi.
However, in the penalty shoot out,Kebbi Utd BSC frantically scored 3 goals while Magatarkada BSC managed to convert 2 goals.
While Kebbi Utd BSC emerged the winner,Abdul Kalgo BSC came 2nd, Magatarkada BSC came 3rd after losing to the champion at the final while Mayanan Bagudo BSC came last in the league.
The 1st and 2nd winners were N150,000 and N75,000 cash apart from other prices including bags of rice from Wacot Rice mill, Argungu.
Duo of Uzairu Muhammed of Magatarkada BSC was given Man of the Match ,Usman Bello of the same club went away with Most Valuable Player of the tournament with 14 goals.
Speaking to the media after the final, Kebbi Utd, Coach Suleiman Aliyu attributed the success of this club for the second terms to perseverance , consistence training and hardworking by his players.
In his remark,the President of the African Beach Soccer Union(ABSU)Mahmuda Hadeija disclosed that the technical team from the national Secretariat of Nigerian’s Beach Soccer Association (NBSA) have discovered a lot of talented players during the competition.
He added that the main objective of the competition is to give room for new players to display their skills while Beach Soccer League Scouters and technical team are on ground to take note of the new players.
He commended the local organising committee led by Abdullahi Yahyah for the successful outings stressed that Kebbi Beach Soccer league is the best organised league in Nigeria.