How iPhone Promise Motivated Nigerian Prince to Score Against Argentina at U-20 World Cup
The secret to the flying performance of Riliwanu Haliru Sarki, one of the stand-out players of Nigeria’s U-20 team at the FIFA World Cup, has been revealed by his club management as an iPhone promise and a strong desire to have a great tournament.
Sarki is the last of twenty (20) children born into a polygamous royal family in Zaria town in Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State in northern Nigeria.
His late father Haliru Sarki was the Sarki (king) of the town.
The 19-year-old Prince Riliwanu Haliru Sarki lost his father to the cold hands of death, while he was in camp with the Flying Eagles, four days before the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt.
Despite his brilliant pre-tournament display, the prince didn't have a great AFCON, eventually dropping out of the starting eleven.
But the speed star was one of Nigeria's top players at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, coming off the bench in the round 16 knockout game in front of 27, 000 fans in San Juan city to score the coffin-nailing goal against the host, Argentina.
Olaoluwa Aro, the Director of Media and Publicity at his club, Mahanaim FC, revealed that what motivated the young prince was an iPhone promise before the match against Argentina.
The secret to the flying performance of Riliwanu Haliru Sarki, one of the stand-out players of Nigeria’s U-20 team at the FIFA World Cup, has been revealed by his club management as an iPhone promise and a strong desire to have a great tournament.
Sarki is the last of twenty (20) children born into a polygamous royal family in Zaria town in Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State in northern Nigeria.
His late father Haliru Sarki was the Sarki (king) of the town.
The 19-year-old Prince Riliwanu Haliru Sarki lost his father to the cold hands of death, while he was in camp with the Flying Eagles, four days before the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt.
Despite his brilliant pre-tournament display, the prince didn't have a great AFCON, eventually dropping out of the starting eleven.
But the speed star was one of Nigeria's top players at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, coming off the bench in the round 16 knockout game in front of 27, 000 fans in San Juan city to score the coffin-nailing goal against the host, Argentina.
Olaoluwa Aro, the Director of Media and Publicity at his club, Mahanaim FC, revealed that what motivated the young prince was an iPhone promise before the match against Argentina
