Matchday three of the 2025 Nigeria Beach Soccer League (NBSL) Round One witnessed four games at the Filin Sukuwa, Sani Abacha Bye Pass, Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday.
What happened
In the opening game, which took place in the morning, Ibom BSC had to come from behind to secure a 4-3 win over Nmanko Patigi BSC.
Uwana Aniete scored three goals, while Efiong Eyo put one past the Ilorin-based side.
Two Goals from Agemo Samuel and one by Ogunlana Seun could not help Nmanko Patigi from their second loss of the campaign.
Ibom BSC secured their first win after their loss to Anambra Beach Soccer Warriors in their opener.
Elsewhere, Kada BSC survived an early scare to edge out Jigawa Golden Star BSC 2-1 in a highly competitive match.
Tanko Emmanuel and Hammed Oladele scored to lift the Kaduna-based side to their third straight victory.
Yusuf Kamilu had opened the scoring for Jigawa Golden Star, but the team gave away a costly penalty in the third period, which was converted by Oladele.
In the evening games, Kebbi United thrashed Niger BSC 7-0 to compound their opponent’s woes condemning them to their third straight loss.
Usman Dawu and Abdullahi Aliyu found the back of the net while Isyaku Atiku scored three goals to win the man of the match as Abba Aliyu also converted two goals.
Holders, Kebbi Fishers BSC had a comfortable 4-0 win over Nmanko Patigi BSC to win their second game after two matches in the league.
Hassan Abdullahi, Hamza Manga, Jibrin Yahya, and Taiwo Adams converted for the host team.
It was Nmanko Patigi’s third consecutive loss of the season completing their round one campaign winless.
What they said
“I feel better winning the man of the match. I didn’t believe that I could score this kind of goal, but God did it for me. We still have a long way to go and we can score more goals. If God help me, I can score more than five goals,” – Ibom BSC’s Uwana Aniete (Man of the Match vs Nmanko Patigi BSC)
“I thank God for winning this award. God is the greatest. I want to thank Big Bull Rice for the gift. It’s a game of win, lose, or draw. We came out to win, and we have the strength and the energy to do all for us to win the game. The foul was quite unfortunate. The foul cost everything but we thank God for everything,” – Jigawa’s Peter Dogara (Man of the match vs Niger BSC)
NBSL MEDIA
02/04/2025
