{"id":4169,"date":"2013-05-24T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/super-sand-eagles-lose-to-ivory-coast\/"},"modified":"2013-05-24T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T22:25:12","slug":"super-sand-eagles-lose-to-ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/super-sand-eagles-lose-to-ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Sand Eagles lose to Ivory Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria on Friday at El-Jadida in Morocco lost 4-5 to Cote d\u2019Ivoire, to finish second in Group B of the CAF Qualifier for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.<\/p>\n

The loss meant the SuperSand Eagles who still progressed, will now face perennial foes Senegal, in the first semi-final match of the competition on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

A win on Saturday will give the former African champions one of the two African tickets to the World Cup.<\/p>\n

The mundial is scheduled for Papeete in Tahiti in September.<\/p>\n

The other semi-final encounter will see Cote d\u2019Ivoire taking on hosts Morocco later in the day.<\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s match, Cote d\u2019Ivoire kept the first place on the Group B table by upsetting Nigeria in the last group-stage matchday of the competition.<\/p>\n

A balanced and hard-fought game had seen a first period without goals, while the scoreboard got really busy in the first half of the second period.<\/p>\n

Both sides, however, engaged in a ding-dong affair which finally had the Eagles 3-2 ahead at the end of the period.<\/p>\n

Nigeria opened the third period with a goal to make it 4-2, but the Elephants netted two goals to level things back.<\/p>\n

With the match seemingly heading to extra time, the Ivoriens fired a free kick home with just seconds to go to grasp the game\u2019s full points, leaving Nigeria no time to react.<\/p>\n

In the other matches played on Friday, Egypt mauled Libya 8-3 while Morocco beat Senegal 3-2 and Madagascar whipped Ghana 10-3.<\/p>\n

Eight teams are participating in the competition which began on May 22 and end on Sunday, May 26.<\/p>\n

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