The Beach Eagles who have won
the three previous editions of the Copa Lagos trailed the Ivorians at the end
of the first period by two goals.
Isiaka Olawale and Musa
Najare failed to convert from free kicks before Eric Bile Kablan put the Sand
Elephants in the lead from a free kick.
And within a minute Kablan
doubled the lead for the Ivorians with a left-footed finish.
Victor Tale had a chance to
halve the lead of the Ivorians but blazed his free kick wide.
The Sand Eagles won a penalty
at the start of the second half and Warri Wolves striker, Abu Azeez, converted
to make the score 2-1 as the Nigerian attempted to battle back into the game.
Within minutes, Kablan's free
kick struck the Nigeria post, and Daniel curled in from close range to give
Ivory Coast a 3-1 lead.
Babatunde Badmus and Najare
got into scoring chances but failed to make them count for Nigeria.
It was Daniel's goal that
wrapped up the second period as Ivory Coast opened a three-goal lead.
The third period was full of
activities as Azeez headed Nigeria back into the contest to make the scoreline
2-4. But Daniel restored Ivory Coast's three goal lead inside a minute.
Two late goals from Olawale
and Najare proved too little, too late as Ivory Coast held on for a 5-4 win.
he Super Sand Eagles will
face Senegal on Sunday while Senegal need to beat Ghana to become champions of
the 2014 edition of the Copa Lagos.
Also on day two of the Copa
Lagos, Senegal saw off Ghana 5-2 while in the club friendly Barcelona defeated
Stationery Stores 6-4.
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