John Ogu: Super Eagles Star Gets Special Gift From Opposing Team After Racial Calls

John Ogu: Super Eagles Star Gets Special Gift From Opposing Team After Racial Calls

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:14 PM
  • Nigerian midfielder John Ogu has gotten an apology from representatives of Bnei Yehuda over racial calls
  • The representatives of Bnei Yehuda went to Maccabi Jaffa's training ground to present Ogu with flowers
  • Ogu, while receiving the flowers from the visitors, embraced them, urging all fans to be showing the spirit of sportsmanship

Representatives of Israeli club Bnei Yehuda have been spotted presenting a gift to Super Eagles midfielder John Ogu after being a victim of racial calls while playing for Maccabi Jaffa.

The incident occurred on Friday, 7 October, in a topflight encounter in which Ogu and his teammates at Maccabi Jaffa recorded a 1-0 win over the hosts.

Yehuda players started the encounter with boosted morale playing in front of their fans, but despite their efforts to score in the first half of the game, they were unable to.

John Ogu, Maccabi Jaffa, Bnei Yehuda, racial calls, gift, apology
John Ogu in action for the Super Eagles. Photo by Alex Morton
Source: Getty Images

In the second half, Maccabi Jaffa changed their style of play to a more attacking one, and they waited for only four minutes to score through Gal Levi.

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When was John Ogu abused racially?

Ogu was not even on the pitch when he was abused by fans of Yehuda, the Nigerian was on the bench and sat close to where the home supporters were.

Despite all the racial calls against the Super Eagles star, the 34-year-old did not react as his team went on to record a 1-0 win.

According to the video spotted on Instagram, those in charge of Yehuda decided to send representatives to Ogu, where they tendered an apology with the gifts.

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Ogu shows amazing skills while dancing

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Eagles star John Ogu shared an awesome video of him dancing to Asake's song with happiness spotted in the eyes of the big Nigerian footballer.

Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter and he is currently trending in the music industry.

Asake has been able to use his songs to win the hearts of many fans in the world and millions want to see the Nigerian display for them on the stage.

According to the video Ogu posted on his official Twitter page, the Nigerian footballer rebuked poverty while showing his dancing skills.

Many of his fans were happy with his dancing skills to Asake's song and took to the comment session to hail the Super Eagles star.

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