Golden Eaglets’ goalkeeper, Uzoho Francis Odinaka who marked his birthday on Monday has begged his teammates to beat Iran as a befitting present to him. The towering Odi as he’s fondly called got a surprise birthday cake from the Local Organising Committee of 2013 FIFA Under-17 and was explicit when asked what his birthday wishes were.
“Just want us to win this cup,” he said with a glee before cutting the tape alongside some members of the LOC as well as teammates, Isaac Success and Musa Muhammed, the captain.
Meanwhile, four-goal hero against Mexico, Kelechi Iheanacho has pledged on behalf of his teammates a victorious outing against Iran, adding the objective of the team supersedes that of any individual.
“By the grace of God, we are going to win our match and I don’t care even if I don’t score,” he said. “The most important thing for us is to win all our matches. “We would do everything to make it a special occasion for Odinaka,” added Iheanacho who was born on October 3.
The match would kick-off by 5:00pm (Nigerian Time).
Source: CAF.
