{"id":2404,"date":"2023-07-02T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/02\/who-says-dreams-dont-come-true-daga-meets-samuel-chukwueze-as-one-of-his-dreams-is-fulfilled\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:19:45","slug":"who-says-dreams-dont-come-true-daga-meets-samuel-chukwueze-as-one-of-his-dreams-is-fulfilled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/07\/02\/who-says-dreams-dont-come-true-daga-meets-samuel-chukwueze-as-one-of-his-dreams-is-fulfilled\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Says Dreams Don\u2019t Come True, Daga Meets Samuel Chukwueze As One Of His Dreams Is Fulfilled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-640x853.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129-681x908.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230701-WA0129.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG-20230701-WA0129\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Defensive midfielder Daniel Daga had one of his dreams come through after finally meeting 24-year-old Super Eagles and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Daniel Daga was first celebrated when he emerged Most Valuable player at the 2022 WAFU B U20 Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Daga, 16, was one of the shinning lights for Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina. His showing has attracted interests from Liverpool and AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Having met Samuel Chukwueze at West Itam Stadium in what he described as the biggest moment of his life, Daga said patience is indeed a virtue.<\/p>\n<p>He eulogized the skillful Villarreal man as humble and kindhearted.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Daga, who is on the books of One Rocket presented a beautiful portrait to Samuel Chukwueze.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Chukwueze appreciated the kind gesture and urged the teenager to keep working hard.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old was a regular fixture in the Villareal side this term, scoring six goals and providing five assists in 37 La Liga appearances as the Yellow Submarine finished fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Having graduated from the club\u2019s youth academy in September 2018, the Nigerian has gone on to play over 207 games for Villarreal, netting 37 times over a five-year period.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"\/> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Post Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">158<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/who-says-dreams-dont-come-true-daga-meets-samuel-chukwueze-as-one-of-his-dreams-is-fulfilled\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defensive midfielder Daniel Daga had one of his dreams come through after finally meeting 24-year-old Super Eagles and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze on Friday. The story of Daniel Daga was first celebrated when he emerged Most Valuable player at the 2022 WAFU B U20 Tournament. Daga, 16, was one of the shinning lights for Nigeria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}