Flying Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho has vowed to ensure Brazil is taken care of in their opening match in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Kelechi Iheanacho
“We hope to scale through in our first game against Brazil and go on from there,” said the highly-rated 18-year forward, who has recovered from an old ankle injury to come back strongly with goals for the Manchester City Elite Development Squad.
“Yes, they have won five times, but that time is past. This is a new generation and a new competition. It will be determined in 90 minutes.
“We have to do well as a team, put in our best for us to beat them because they are also a very good team. And then take it on from there and face the other teams in our group.
“It will be a very good experience for me and the team as well. We hope we will do much better than we did with the U17s because we have grown up now and this is another level of football so we have to perfect many things we did not do with the U17s and play more professionally.”
He missed the team’s three-week training tour of Germany, but he expects his past experience with the squad will come in handy at the World Cup.
“I would have loved to be in Germany with the team, but I encountered visa issues and coupled with my injury, it was not possible to come down,” said the MVP of the FIFA U17 World Cup, which Nigeria won two years ago in UAE.
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