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IHEANACHO, NDIDI JOIN NIGERIA FOOTBALL LEGENDS AS FA CUP WINNERS

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Super Eagles duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have joined legion of Nigerian football star players to have won the prestigious English FA Cup as their club, Leicester City beat  Chelsea 1-0 in the final at the Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday.

On record, Daniel Amokachi, Nwankwo Kanu and Mikel Obi are some former Super Eagles players that have won the cup before in with Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea respectively.

Both Iheanacho and Ndidi played key roles as Brendan Rodgers’ side claimed the coveted title at Wembley Stadium for the fist time in the club’s 137 year history.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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