A die-hard Chelsea Football Club (FC) of England fan in
Abakaliki, has named his newly-delivered baby-boy Antonio Moses, in the wake 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
me 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.
NAN
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