{"id":837747,"date":"2025-03-30T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/watch-kelechi-iheanacho-breaks-goalscoring-drought-after-international-break-hardwork\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:12:10","slug":"watch-kelechi-iheanacho-breaks-goalscoring-drought-after-international-break-hardwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/30\/watch-kelechi-iheanacho-breaks-goalscoring-drought-after-international-break-hardwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Kelechi Iheanacho breaks goalscoring drought after International Break hardwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/super-eagles\">Super Eagles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/iheanacho-middlesbrough-manchester-united.html\">Middlesbrough<\/a> striker, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/kelechi-iheanacho\">Kelechi Promise Iheanacho<\/a>, is finally off the mark for his new club after a poor run of form across all competitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Leicester City forward hasn\u2019t enjoyed his career in front of goal since leaving the King Power Stadium last summer, struggling to fit in at Sevilla and Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>After seven league games without a goal,<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigerian-england-premier-league.html\"> Iheanacho<\/a> finally ended his goal-scoring drought in his side\u2019s clash against Oxford United in the EFL Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FINALLY! Kelechi Iheanacho scores his first goal for Middlesbrough. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIeLlsr7Qn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/xIeLlsr7Qn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana Naija Ballers (@GHNaijaBallers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GHNaijaBallers\/status\/1906022130552090752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/denmark-manchester-united-nigeria.html\">Denmark star asks Manchester United to recognise his Nigerian roots<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigeria-italy-juventus-leao.html\">New Leao \u2013 Highly-rated Juventus attacking youngster ditches Nigeria, dreams of Italy call-up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/yamal-williams-skales-spain.html\">Watch: Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams vibe to Skales\u2019 shakebody on duty with Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1059784123-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153755\">Kelechi Iheanacho during the Sky Bet Championship match between Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England, on March 11, 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A low cross from Samuel-Iling Junior opened up Oxford\u2019s defence and Iheanacho tapped home. The Nigerian International was overwhelmed but his teammates pushed him to celebrate a fully deserved goal.<\/p>\n<p>After his early struggles in Boro, Iheanacho put the International break into good use after he was omitted from Eric Chelle\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/super-eagles-eric-chelle-tolu-arokodare.html\"> Super Eagles<\/a> 23-man squad list that took on Rwanda and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kelechi Iheanacho working hard over the international break. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qHS8HPtCt5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qHS8HPtCt5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoojaMedia\/status\/1904466110440780160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former Manchester City forward was training, taking extra sessions to make sure he got back into top shape and rekindle his career, and this decision pleased Middlesbrough manager, Michael Carrick.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what it takes now. Kel\u2019s definitely a big part of the group and important because of his experience and his character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way he trains and goes about his business, he\u2019s a good example to the younger lads. It\u2019s taken him a few games to get up to 100 per cent in terms of sharpness and fitness, but I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll have a big impact for us between now and the end of the season,\u201d the former Manchester United midfielder said as previously reported by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/iheanacho-middlesbrough-manchester-united.html\">Soccernet.ng<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149448\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/198d8da0-e26b-11ef-bd8f-ab543409d81b.jpg.webp\" alt width=\"976\" height=\"549\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149448\">Kelechi Iheanacho introduced to the Middlesbrough fans before kick-off in Monday\u2019s Tees-Wear derby with Sunderland. [Photo Credit\/ BBC].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Middlesbrough are now 7th in the EFL Championship, outside of the playoffs places by goal difference. With the season nearing it\u2019s business end, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/carrick-iheanacho-sevilla-middlesbrough.html\">Carrick\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> side need all the wins they can get as they push for top-flight status.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/kelechi-iheancho-middlesbrough.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Middlesbrough striker, Kelechi Promise Iheanacho, is finally off the mark for his new club after a poor run of form across all competitions, Soccernet.ng reports. The former Leicester City forward hasn\u2019t enjoyed his career in front of goal since leaving the King Power Stadium last summer, struggling to fit in at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40780,2005,451],"tags":[122885,5442],"class_list":{"0":"post-837747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kelechi","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-watch","10":"tag-kelechi","11":"tag-watch"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}