Oduamadi’s Attitude Impresses Keshi

Torino striker, Nnamdi Oduamadi, was the surprise guest of the national team; Super Eagles in Madrid Airport, when he stopped to connect a flight to Lima, Peru for Wednesday’s international friendly. 

 

Oduamadi scored one of the goals as his side got promoted to Serie A at the weekend and without waiting to celebrate took the next flight to Madrid en route Peru.

 

Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi could not hide his delight when the dreadlocked player came to where the Nigerian side was passing time till Monday to say he was already on his way to Lima and would even get there before the Nigerian side.

 

 “First of all I want to say congratulations over your club’s promotion and I must say apart from that I’m impressed that why other members of your club sides are celebrating in Torino, you chose to come and don the green which green colours of your fatherland, God will reward you and I urge you to keep it up”, he said Monday afternoon. 

 

Oduamadi thereafter spent time with his team mates and left when his flight was called for Lima. He is one of the five foreign based players that Keshi hopes to use in Wednesday’s friendly against Peru. Indications are also that Nwankwo Obiorah was already on his way to Lima, while Ekigho Ehiosun is with the team in Madrid that leaves for Lima on Monday.

 

The Nigerian Head Coach also took time off to comment on Saturday Champions League triumph by John Mikel Obi’s Chelsea, declaring that he was happy that a Nigerian was part of the epoch-making occassion. “Congratulations to Mikel and the entire Chelsea and I wish them the best next season”.

 

He also praised Montpellier striker, John Utaka’s brace that earned the team the French Championat at the weekend. “It’s instructive that he scored two goals days after we invited him to the national team, that will serve as a moral and psychological boost to the national team in the busy month of June. We sure need his experience to take the national team to the next level.