{"id":3035,"date":"2023-08-21T23:34:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/21\/read_news-phpnid48537\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T23:34:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:34:41","slug":"read_news-phpnid48537","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/08\/21\/read_news-phpnid48537\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Golden Eaglets invitee Offiah scores first senior goal, named MOTM\u00a0on debut for Hearts:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/67197Offiah.png\" height=\"197\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"2019 Golden Eaglets invitee Offiah scores first senior goal, named MOTM\u00a0on debut for Hearts\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2019 Golden Eaglets invitee Odel Offiah\u00a0picked up an official man of the match award on his debut for\u00a0Heart of Midlothian FC in their 4-0 hammering of\u00a0Partick Thistle FC in a Scottish League Cup tie on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offiah\u00a0signed a fresh deal with his parent club Brighton &amp; Hove until June 30, 2025 before heading to Hearts for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two days after both clubs confirmed the agreement, the promising defender was named in the starting lineup as the Jambos\u00a0booked their ticket to the next round of the\u00a0Viaplay Cup with a convincing win over\u00a0Partick Thistle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In what was his sixth game as a professional, Offiah\u00a0shone at right-back, helping goalkeeper Zander Clark post a shutout, and also scored his first senior goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a Brian Graham own-goal gave Hearts the lead, the versatile Nigerian defender doubled the advantage in the 45th minute when he\u00a0powered home a header off the underside of the crossbar following a corner into the box from Alex Lowry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Shankland and Kyosuke Tagawa got on the scoresheet in the second half to give Hearts a 4-0 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Hearts&#8217; Ambassadors selected Odel Offiah as their Man of the Match, the match sponsor, IT Sameday, \u00a0named Alex Lowry as the Man of the Match.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamTarts\/status\/1693300930295271797\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\" data-title=\"m\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Match sponsor, IT Sameday, name Alex Lowry as today&#8217;s Man of the Match \ud83d\ude4c\u2728<\/p>\n<p>Our Ambassadors have selected Odel Offiah as their Man of the Match \u2665\ufe0f <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8XMsb7LPB\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/B8XMsb7LPB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Heart of Midlothian FC (@JamTarts) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamTarts\/status\/1693300930295271797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAll rights reserved. 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