The playmaker has been in his
elements in the UAE and hit four
goals against Mexico in the
opener
Kelechi Iheanacho was the chief
protagonist for the Golden Eaglets
in their 6-1 demolition of Mexico
in their first match at the Fifa
U-17 World Cup in the UAE and
could settle the final game in
Nigeria's favour because of that
fear factor
“I’m sure they won’t feel great
about that first result,” Iheanacho
told fifa.com after beating Sweden
in Dubai in the semi-finals on
Tuesday.
“They’ll want to put pressure on
us and we’ll have to be careful.
We’ll respect them, but it’s hard to
go against us when we’re playing
our good football.
“It doesn’t matter in our team who
scores the goals, who finishes top
scorer or top player,” he added.
Though he acknowledges that the
Mexicans will be better prepared
for this second meeting,
Iheanacho said the Eaglets are
better than when they met on
October 19 at the Al Ain Stadium.
“We’ve got better since that
opener,” he said.
“We’ve become closer and we’re
going to chase them all over the
field; we’re going to press them
with our attackers and we won’t
rest.
"We’ll go at them for 90 minutes
until we’re sure the trophy is
ours.”
Iheanacho, who has scored five
goals and created seven in this
tournament, believes he is both
adept at creating and scoring
goals.
“It’s not important to call yourself
one or the other. If I’m in a good
position to score then I’m happy
to put the ball in the back of the
net, but if I’m not, and I see
someone in a better position, I’ll
give it to him.
"It doesn’t matter in our team who
scores the goals, who finishes top
scorer or top player. It’s a
collective effort," he concluded.