Beach Soccer
Keta based side Havedzi Mighty Warriors defeated Kogi Confluence from Nigeria 2-0 in a exhilarating encounter at the Aborigines Beach Soccer Arena to win the 2nd edition of the Keta Cup.
The tournament featured the likes of Kogi Confluence (Nigeria), Team Bricks (Togo) as well as last year’s champions Owibeseb Beach Soccer Club (Nigeria) as part of the Easter celebrations.
Mighty Warriors capitalized on the home support to edge their spirited Nigerians in a thrilling 2-0 win in the final of the tournament’s second edition.
Most Valuable Player of the tournament and Havedzi winger, Alfred Torsu reveled in the dominant performance from his team mates ahead of the resumption of the domestic beach soccer league where they are billed to take on stern rivals Sunset.
“It is going to psyche us up psychologically because we were able to beat them over here and last season when we met them we beat them so we know their weaknesses and if we meet them again we can overcome them again” he told sportscrusader.com
Experience trainer for the Nigeria National Beach soccer team and head coach of the Kogi Confluence, Ejo Aludo, tagged the triumph over his side as a result of the continual presence of beach soccer league.
Also addressing the media, Nigeria Beach Soccer National Team and Kogi Confluence coach Awudu Ejo Adamu said the fact that Ghana has an active Beach soccer league has improved their game.
“Really the game is good because Ghana play a league and Nigeria doesn’t,” he said.
“My team Kogi Confluence is situated in the North of Nigeria and we don’t have a beach, we have to travel seven hours to Badagry to come train and that was three days before this competition which isn’t enough,” he added.
He however says he had his reservations about officiating during the tournament and suggests tournament organisers update officials on the latest FIFA rules.
“There are some new rules and maybe these rules are not yet available to some officials.
May be FIFA has sent it but the referee could have collected it from the GFA”, the Nigerian said.
The Ghana Beach Soccer league resumes next week after the Easter break.
