Balogun Dedicates ‘Day Of Honour’ To Ikeme
SV Mainz 05 of Germany defender, Leon Adeyemi Balogun has dedicated his day of honour and pride as Super Eagles’ captain for the first time to the team’s ill first choice goalkeeper, Carl Onuoha Ikeme.
With Ikeme still battling to recover fully from leukemia, which kept him out of the Eagles last four matches in the World Cup qualifiers, Balogun reasoned that the shot-stopper must not be forgotten in the aftermath of Nigeria’s unbeaten run to the Mundial.
After captaining the team to maintain their unbeaten run, the former Fortuna Dusseldorf and Darmstadt of Germany versatile defender took to Twitter to reveal his personal emotions as well as thoughts for Ikeme.
This Balogun did after Friday’s game, which he celebrated the honor of wearing the captain armband for the Eagles in their final World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Algeria and tagged it as a proud moment in his career.
Balogun wore the captain armband in the absence of regular captain, John Mikel Obi, as well as the two deputies Eddy Ogenyi Onazi and Elderson Uwa Echiejile as Nigeria ended their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Algeria in Constantine.
Speaking after the game, the 29 year old who made his international debut for Nigeria in 2014, also praised the goal scorer John Ogu and Ola Aina who made his full debut for Nigeria in the game.
“Proud to have captained my country today and remain unbeaten at @FIFAWorldCup qualifiers. The road to Russia was an exciting and even more successful one.
“I dedicate this achievement to our team mate @Carl_Ikeme (Carl Ikeme) who started this journey with us. This one’s for you bro” he posted on twitter.
“Congrats to @Aina2Ola (Ola Aina) for making his full international debut. U (you) did great brother. More to come #BallStoner. And special congrats to @ogujohnugo (John Ogu) who’s been waiting for his chance so patiently. “You deserved every minute today and I’m happy u (you) rewarded urself with that goal,” Balogun tweeted.
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