President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick claims Leicester City’s FA Cup triumph will serve as a huge ‘psychological boost’ for Super Eagles duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi ahead of the upcoming Friendly and World Cup Qualifying matches.
The FIFA Council member said this while congratulating the pair for helping their club beat Chelsea 1-0 to lift the trophy for the first time in the Foxes’ history.
Pinnick said: “I 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.
“I am also very happy seeing the two players celebrating with the Nigerian flag at the end of it all. That was awesome.”
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.
