Premier League Star Beats Super Eagles Forward Iheanacho in Quiz Contest As Video Emerges

Premier League Star Beats Super Eagles Forward Iheanacho in Quiz Contest As Video Emerges

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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  • Patson Daka and Nigerian star Kelechi Iheanacho both engaged in a quiz contest in which the Zambia won
  • Kelechi Iheanacho was unable to answer any question correctly, while Patson Daka got three perfectly
  • These two players are currently in pre-season preparing for the 2022/23 Premier League season for Leicester City

Zambia professional footballer Patson Daka has defeated Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho in a super quiz contest organized by the Leicester City media department.

Interestingly, these two African players are playing for Premier League side Leicester City and they were both brilliant last season for the Foxes.

Players of all the Premier League teams are currently preparing for the coming season in which many coaches are also bolstering their squads.

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Patson Daka beats Super Eagles forward Iheanacho in quiz contest. Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova
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According to the video posted on Facebook by Leicester City, Kelechi Iheanacho was asked the first question and he missed it.

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What was the question Kelechi Iheanacho was asked?

Kelechi Iheanacho was asked to name the three colours that make up the French flag, and the Nigerian missed it but Patson Daka got it.

The coordinator also asked these two players to name France's leading scorer in which Patson Daka named Thierry Henry and got it.

In total, Patson Daka answered three questions correctly while Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho was unable to get any.

Meanwhile, Leicester City will be facing Leuven on Friday afternoon, 16 July, in friendly encounter in which Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho are expected to play.

Rasheedat Ajibade scores as Nigeria beat Cameroon to reach AWCON semis, pick up World Cup ticket

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Falcons of Nigeria are through to the semifinal of the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations in Morocco.

Rasheedat Ajibade's header in the 55th minute was enough for the Nigerians to defeat their opponents 1-0 to also keep their la decima hopes alive.

Victory in the encounter also means the Super Falcons pick up one of the four automatic tickets to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

However, the ladies had to battle for the entire 90minutes as the encounter was explosive from the very first blast of the whistle.

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