Former Tremendous Eagles’ striker, Odion Jude Ighalo is singing praises for rave of the second, Akor Jerome Adams, who scored Nigeria’s final objective in Monday’s 4-0 victory over Mozambique, as he says the Sevilla of Spain hitman is ‘sacrificing himself’ for the nationwide group.
Sports247 stories that Ighalo’s declaration comes in opposition to the backdrop of energetic decoy runs and passes Adams has been giving his teammates through the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Ighalo, who’s working as a tv analyst throughout Nigeria’s matches at AFCON 2025, reckoned that Adams has been underrated as a result of he has not scored as many targets which can be anticipated of him as a joint-striker within the Eagles’ assault.
Nonetheless, the previous Watford and Manchester United striker, who was high scorer at AFCON 2019 in Egypt with 5 targets, identified that Adams has labored laborious for Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman as a substitute of searching for targets for himself.
By the way, one in all Ighalo’s targets at AFCON 2019 was a 72nd minute penalty he scored in opposition to Algeria within the semi-final, which Nigeria misplaced 2-1, after a fortieth minute personal objective by William Troost-Ekong and a final minute direct free kick was transformed by Riyard Mahrez.
Dramatically, the Eagles will on Saturday battle Algeria within the quarter-finals of AFCON 2025 and Ighalo is tipping Benue-born Adams, who will clock 26 years outdated on January twenty ninth, to make hay through the upcoming encounter.
He reckoned that the product of Jamba Soccer Academy of Makurdi, who has beforehand performed for Songdal and Lillestrom of Norway in addition to Montpellier of France, could make plenty of distinction for Nigeria together with his vitality and highly effective capturing.
“He has been working so laborious, even giving an help and sacrificing himself for the group. When the possibility got here, he took it and hit it very laborious. So, I’m blissful for him he obtained a objective.
“Not all strikers have velocity. Akor is the type of striker that likes to maintain the ball. He likes to bully and struggle. Each time, he at all times tries to struggle, and when he will get the possibility he shoots,” Ighalo identified.
Sports247 stories additional that Adams, who now has three targets in eight worldwide appearances, is predicted to twinkle once more versus Algeria on Saturday in Marrakech.
The fast-rising hitman, who scored on his debut versus Lesotho final October within the ill-fated World Cup qualifiers, is predicted to pay attention absolutely on Saturday’s tie, after studying on Wednesday that his mum had been discharged from hospital.
He initially took official permission on Tuesday to see her for an hour then shortly returned to camp, to be able to meet up with night coaching, forward of the approaching quarter-finals fixture in Marrakech.
