The national beach soccer team are heading for a showdown with the Nigeria Football Federation after the NFF allegedly shortchanged them at the end of the Lagos 2016 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria lost 8-4 to Senegal in the final of the December 13-18 tournament at the Atlantic City in Lagos.

However, the Super Sand Eagles qualified for the Bahamas 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup along with Senegal.

It was learnt that the players had expected to be paid at least $1,000 ($3,000 each for winning three games) win bonus by the NFF but were shocked when the federation paid each of them N500,000, including camp allowances, for their efforts.

It was learnt that the team had wanted to boycott their semifinal match against Morocco, but the NFF’s NFF vice-president, Seyi Akinwunmi, pleaded with them to play the game.

Sources close to the team said that the players, who are angry at being paid a pittance, would boycott the World Cup unless they were sure of getting “something reasonable” for representing their country.

“It was really a national sacrifice that the beach soccer team made to qualify for the World Cup,” one of the players, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday.

“The conditions in camp cannot be described because we didn’t even have access to the competition ball and other necessary kits. We were treated like orphans in our camp in Badagry (in Lagos) for more than five weeks.

“Our first touch of a real ball was at the COPA Lagos yet we didn’t even complain. Some journalists visited the camp but we told them that everything was fine because we hoped that the NFF would do us well if we got the World Cup ticket.”

Source: https://www.today.ng/sport/football/238121/sand-eagles-threatens-boycott-2017-beach-soccer

lalasticlala come and see snake oo

any aboki in the team?

INTROVERT:

and u think u will make heaven?

must they boycott before the government will answer them