U-20 World Cup: Why I benched ‘unfit’ Iheanacho –Manu By Ikenna Okonkwo
Flying Eagles Head Coach Garba Manu yesterday declared that his decision to keep Kelechi Iheanacho on Bench at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup was due to his fitness level. Iheanacho could only make starting line up during Flying Eagles first group game against Brazil which his team lost by 2-4. The Man City player sat on the bench while his teammates finished and won the remaining group games against Hungary and Korea DPR as well as the knock out stage. In defence of his approach in the tournament which has drawn criticism from teaming Nigerian Fans, Manu who led the team to glorious triumph at African Youth Championship, AYC in Senegal weeks before the current World Junior Championship in New Zealand said “We did our best in