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I Saved #50 To Watch Aguero,says Iheanacho. by MrEgghead(m): 7:06pm On Jan 19, 2017 |
I PAID 50 NAIRA TO WATCH AGUERO, SAYS
MANCHESTER CITY'S IHEANACHO
Tomiwa Babalola
The forward has revealed how he saved up a token to
watch the Argentine score the title-winning goal for the
Citizens in 2012
Nigeria international, Kelechi Iheanacho has disclosed that
he had to save up 50 naira to watch Sergio Aguero scored
the title winning goal for Manchester City in the 2012/13
Premier League season.
The 20-year-old forward, who joined the Citizens two
seasons ago, said that was the club’s first match he
would watch, adding that he never knew he would play
alongside the same set of players he watched on the
television.
"There was one place in town that everybody called the
'game center,' and it had a satellite dish, but you had to
pay money to go inside," Iheanacho told
Theplayerstribune.
"It was 50 naira [about 15p] for a Premier League match,
and I did not have that kind of money. So I would wait
outside playing football with my mates until somebody
came out and told us what had happened in the match.
"In 2012, when I was 15, I saved some money and went to
the game center on the last day of the Premier League
season. It was a very big deal, because the title race was
so close.
"I sat there and watched Sergio Aguero score the last-
minute goal that won Man City the title -- and that took it
away from Man United. On the TV, Sergio took his shirt off
and whipped it around, and everybody in the game center
was going crazy."
"That was maybe the first Man City game I ever watched.
I had never been to England before. I had no idea that in a
few years, I would be playing on the same team as
Sergio," he continued.
"Because I was only 19, I did not expect to be in the
starting XI," he added. "When the manager told me that I
was going to start, I tried to tell myself, 'it's just a game of
football,' but if I am telling the truth, it is not a normal
game.
"The atmosphere and intensity gives you a very different
feeling as soon as you step on the pitch. It's war for 90
minutes in the Manchester Derby. You cannot give
anything less than 100 percent concentration. So I just
tried to focus completely on the match.
"I was so happy, but then in the 36th minute, something
really amazing happened. I was standing in front of the
United goal when Kevin [De Bruyne's] shot struck the post.
The ball came right to my feet. I kicked it into the back of
the net without thinking. I looked over to the linesman, not
believing that I had really scored. The flag was down. I
was onside.
"My teammates ran over to me, and I felt what I can only
describe as the 'Manchester Derby feeling.' No one can
know how I felt unless they've scored in the derby. I did
not even celebrate. The feeling was too much."
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Re: I Saved #50 To Watch Aguero,says Iheanacho. by ken19: 7:27pm On Jan 19, 2017 |
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Re: I Saved #50 To Watch Aguero,says Iheanacho. by Dan42(m): 8:08pm On Jan 19, 2017 |
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Re: I Saved #50 To Watch Aguero,says Iheanacho. by Xzbit91: 8:28pm On Jan 19, 2017 |
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