Musa Became the first Leicester City player to score at the FIFA world Cup

2018-06-24 06:26:46 -0400
Ahmed Musa became the first Leicester City
player to score a goal at the FIFA World Cup
after his brace for the Super Eagles of
Nigeria against Iceland at the 2018 FIFA
World Cup » .
Musa becomes Leicester City's first goal at
the World Cup
Ahmed Musa wrote his name into the
history books at Leicester City » after he
scored a brace for the Super Eagles of
Nigeria against Iceland in the group D
encounter played on Friday, June 22.
The game ended goalless after the first half
and Musa turned up to find the opening
goal of the game when he controlled a ball
to him by Victor Moses and slot it into the
net.
By scoring that goal Musa became the first
Leicester City player to score at a FIFA World
Cup tournament.
Leicester City confirmed Musa's record
breaking achievement when they posted a
message on their official Twitter account
which said, "#lcfc's first-ever #WorldCup
goalscorer"
Musa continued to be a threat and doubled
Nigeria's lead when he run through the
Iceland defender to slot in the ball in the
75th minute.
Musa Nigeria's highest goalscorer at the
World Cup
Another record was set by Ahmed Musa
when he scored a brace against Iceland.
Musa set a national record by becoming
Nigeria's highest goalscorer at the FIFA
World Cup » with a total of four goals.
Nigeria vs Iceland stats »
Leicester City confirm Super Eagles set club
record
Asides Musa's record, Leicester City also
confirmed that the Super Eagles set a club
record by fielding all of their
representatives in a game.
Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Musa
all started for the Super Eagles against
Iceland.
A statement on Leicester City's official
Twitter account said, "The first time in
history that three #lcfc players have started
for the same team at the #WorldCup"
The Super Eagles will hope to qualify for the
round of 16 when they take on Argentina
while Iceland take on Croatia in their next
fixture.
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