{"id":34119,"date":"2021-05-16T08:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=34119"},"modified":"2021-05-16T08:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T07:56:11","slug":"nff-president-pinnick-sends-message-to-ndidi-iheanacho-on-fa-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/16\/nff-president-pinnick-sends-message-to-ndidi-iheanacho-on-fa-cup-win\/","title":{"rendered":"NFF President, Pinnick sends message to Ndidi, Iheanacho on FA Cup Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has sent a message of congratulations to Super Eagles\u2019 midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and forward Kelechi Iheanacho on the duo\u2019s triumph with Leicester City over much \u2013fancied Chelsea FC in Saturday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/15\/leicester-beat-chelsea-to-win-historic-fa-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup final<\/a> in England.<\/p>\n<p>Both players featured in the encounter at Wembley and at the end celebrated enthusiastically with a Nigeria flag as they joined a list of only seven other Nigerian players to have lifted England\u2019s most glamorous diadem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy for both Ndidi and Iheanacho. They worked very hard for Leicester City throughout the campaign and themselves and the Club deserve the honour. I believe this triumph will serve as a major psychological boost for the two players ahead of our friendly games this summer and FIFA World Cup qualifiers starting in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also very happy seeing the two players celebrating with the Nigerian flag at the end of it all. That was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ndidi and Iheanacho became only the second pair of Nigerians to have celebrated The FA Cup win in England, after Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka triumphed with Portsmouth against Cardiff in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, Daniel Amokachi had won with Everton in 1995; Celestine Babayaro with Chelsea in 2000; Kanu with Arsenal in 2002 and 2003 and John Mikel Obi with Chelsea in 2007. After the Kanu\/Utaka feat in 2008, John Mikel Obi won again with Chelsea in 2009, 2010 and 2012; Alex Iwobi won with Arsenal in 2017 and; Victor Moses won with Chelsea in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has sent a message of congratulations to Super Eagles\u2019 midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and forward Kelechi Iheanacho on the duo\u2019s triumph with Leicester City over much \u2013fancied Chelsea FC in Saturday\u2019s FA Cup final in England. 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