After his quadruple Ihenacho shared “I’ve scored four goals in a game many times, but only in the streets with my friends. But never in an international match, never for my country. The feeling is amazing.”
So I now wonder –if he reads this- what he will do against Sweden today in a match that puts the U17 tournament’s most successful team against its newest participant? For Nigeria they must be hoping he wants to retain that amazing feeling and continues where he left off.
Sweden meanwhile will pray to contain him while their own dynamic duo of captain Elias Andersson, and Gustav Engvall will try and get past the Nigerian backs as they did in their own 4-1 rout of Iraq. As we know in truth, the Swedes were outplayed by Iraq in the first half of their opener. But Andersson provided a moment of genius that turned the tide of the game. In the 36th minute, after being pegged back in the opening exchanges, he collected the ball at the corner of the penalty area, bamboozled his marker with a clever step-over and burst to the goal-line. Sweden would score and the flood gates would open.
Today the Europeans cannot afford to be outplayed by the Nigerians for any extended period of time because if they do, they will be punished as the quality of finishing they face is far beyond what Iraq offered. The Eaglets on the other hand as with Mexico, will try and stretch the field and create lanes for their danger-men Ihenacho and Success to rove in. Will Sweden try and cover them man to man or stay in a tight formation for a full 90 minutes? Interesting questions soon to be answered.
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