EFL Championships: Super Eagles duo fuel Leicester promotion dream after Stoke City win

Enzo Maresca rewarded Kelechi Iheanacho with a start after the striker scored in his last two games from the bench to keep Leicester on top.

Super Eagles striker, Kelechi Iheanacho found the back of the net in Leicester City’s 2-0 win over Stoke City, helping them to the best-ever start by a team in the Championship, Soccernet.ng reports.

Leicester City coach, Enzo Maresca, recalled Kelechi Iheanacho into the starting eleven after the striker got just forty minutes of game-time in his last two games, scoring in both games despite getting limited minutes.

The striker repaid his manager’s faith at the King Power Stadium, sending his team into the lead in the 25th minute. Maresca’s patient build-up play was evident as the Foxes cut through the Potters’ defence.

In-form Leicester midfielder, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall found Ricardo Pereira just outside the box. The Portuguese right-back played the perfect through-ball to find Iheanacho, and the Super Eagles talisman wasted no time in putting the ball into the back of the net.

The 27-year-old played 77 minutes before Maresca called on Jamie Vardy to replace him, with Wilfred Ndidi coming on as well. The two substitutes combined for the eventual second goal to seal all three points for the Foxes.

Two minutes after coming on, a wonderful pass from Ndidi found Vardy, who had the goal gaping and tapped home for his fourth goal in his last six games.

Maresca’s men have thirty points from their opening eleven games, a record for the best start by a team in the Sky Bet Championships, and the Italian continues to shape and propel his team towards top-flight football.

Super Eagles duo, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi will travel to join up the rest of the Nigerian team at their training camp in Faro, Portugal, ahead of the friendlies against Mozambique and Saudi Arabia.

Adefolahan Guerreiro

Adefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria. With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience. He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.

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  • تعد مكيفات الهواء أحد الأجهزة الأساسية للتخلص من الحرارة الزائدة في فصل الصيف، وتساعد في خلق بيئة مريحة في المنزل أو العمل. ولكن بمرور الوقت، يمكن أن تتراكم الأتربة والشوائب داخل المكيفات، مما يؤثر على جودة الهواء وصحة الأشخاص الذين يتنفسونه.لتجنب هذه المشكلة يجب تنظيف المكيفات بانتظام. وفي مدينة القطيف يتوفر العديد من الشركات المتخصصة في خدمات تنظيف المكيفات، حيث يتم استخدام المواد الخاصة والأدوات اللازمة لإزالة جميع الأتربة والشوائب داخل المكيفات.بعد تنظيف المكيفات بشكل منتظم، ستلاحظ فرقًا كبيرًا في جودة الهواء المنبعث من المكيف، وسيعمل بفعالية أكبر وبدون صوت مزعج. كما سيوفر لك هذا الإجراء المال، حيث ستكون بحاجة إلى صيانة المكيفات بشكل أقل، ويمكنها العمل لفترات أطول.إذا كنت ترغب في الحفاظ على جودة هواء مكيفاتك، فعليك التعاقد مع شركات تنظيف المكيفات المحترفة في القطيف، لضمان حصولك على خدمات عالية الجودة وبأسعار مناسبة.

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