{"id":1772,"date":"2019-01-05T18:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2019-01-05T18:44:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T18:44:11","slug":"southamptons-nigerian-midfielder-notches-brace-in-5-1-rout-of-okochas-west-ham-u18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/southamptons-nigerian-midfielder-notches-brace-in-5-1-rout-of-okochas-west-ham-u18","title":{"rendered":"Southampton&#8217;s Nigerian Midfielder Notches Brace In 5-1 Rout Of Okocha&#8217;s West Ham U18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Nigerian teenager Roland Idowu netted his first brace in England as Southampton thrashed West Ham 5-1 in an U18 Premier League fixture staged at Staplewood Training Ground on Saturday afternoon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 16-year-old was not the only player of Nigerian descent named in the starting line-up as his teammate David Agbontohoma also started while West Ham&#8217;s Josh Okocha made his eighth start of the season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On 33 minutes, the deadlock was broken as Idowu was the quickest to react, poking home the rebound after an effort was parried by the Hammers goalkeeper.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1-0 became 2-0 in the 61st minute and it was Idowu that wrote his name on the scoresheet once again, as he coolly finished after capitalizing on a defensive error.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rio Glean, Ryan Cluett and Jack Turner supplied the other goals for Southampton\u00a0 in the last 10 minutes while Seurier&#8217;s 72nd minute goal which made it 2-1 was only a consolation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Idowu was offered a scholarship by Southampton in July 2018 after training with the club for close to a year<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian teenager Roland Idowu netted his first brace in England as Southampton thrashed West Ham 5-1 in an U18 Premier League fixture staged at Staplewood Training Ground on Saturday afternoon. 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