A die-hard Chelsea
Football Club (FC) of England fan in Abakaliki, has named his newly-delivered
baby-boy Antonio Moses, in the wake’s of the club’s league title win on Friday.
The News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chelsea on Friday night beat West Bromwich Albion
1-0 at the latter’s home-ground, Hawthorns to win the league title with two
matches to spare.
The fan, Mathew
Irondu, a Construction Engineer, told NAN on Saturday that he named the boy,
born last Thursday after the club’s Coach Antonio Conte and Nigerian star,
Victor Moses as his own way of celebrating the win.
According to him,
the duo among other Chelsea players, were instrumental to the club’s stunning
league success as the naming would eternally remind him of the title win.
“This win is
most significant for me because it is the first by Chelsea since I switched my
supporter ship to the club from Arsenal FC.
“I had endured
years of EPL drought from Arsenal which made switch to Chelsea and I celebrated
it this way because I don’t have money to make merriment.
“This is my
first child and I fervently pray that his birth, a day before Chelsea’s league
win, will bring good tidings to my family, the club and their fans across the
globe,” he said.
He attributed
the feat to hard work, dedication, commitment, tactical acumen of Coach Antonio
Conte and impeccable support of Owner Roman Abramovich and fans across the
globe.
“The club was
desirous to erase the memory of the preceding season, its worst in recent times
where it finished an abysmal 10th position on the league standings.
“The recruitment
of Conte was the Midas Touch needed to achieve the desired turnaround as he
used almost the same players who under-performed in the preceding season to
achieve the feat ,” he said.
Irondu remarked
that the coach displayed his managerial acumen by correcting the team’s
deficiencies and subsequently made the players world-beaters.
“He stuck to the
players who were involved in the club’s pre-season tours despite the
accompanying criticisms and this affected established players such as Nigeria’s
Mikel Obi and skipper John Terry.
“He also showed
his tactical master-stroke by adopting an unusual 3-5-2 formation after the
club’s humiliating losses to arch-rivals Liverpool and Arsenal.
“This tactical
formation awed the entire EPL fraternity as clubs battled to grapple with the
speed and agility of his wing-backs while the midfielders mesmerized teams with
deft touches and passes to prolific attackers.
“The result was
that the club’s demolition of other teams knew no home and away boundaries
coupled with a-seven and intermittent four-points lead over its closest rival,
Tottenham Hotspurs FC.
“This resulted
in an ultimate triumph with two games to spare, the unearthing of hitherto
unheralded talents such as Marcos Alonso, EPL player of the year, Ngolo Kante,
among others, including a berth in FA cup final,” he said.
He advised the
players not to be swayed by the euphoria of the win but redouble their efforts
to win the season’s double with the FA cup and improved performances next
season.
“Victor Moses
should also replicate his all-season splendid form for the Super Eagles
especially in the crucial AFCON 2019 qualifier against South Africa and World
Cup qualifiers against Cameroon,” he said.
Source: The
Nation
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