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Chikhudi makes heads turn Laxmi Negi Mumbai, February 9: Twelve-year-old Chikhudi Chikwuma has been making heads turn at school football tournaments in Goa. And he did the same in the Junior Football Championship, currently underway at the BTP Ground, Reay Road on Friday. Despite an injury to his right knee, he scored three goals in their 5-0 win against Chennais St Patricks Anglo-Indian School and showed that he was a class apart in the tournament. The Nigerian has been in Goa for the last nine months and earned the coveted title of highest goal-scorer in the Goa school football league with 15 goals. The most memorable moment was the seven goal-haul he collected with his father being present during the match. Well, Chikhudi is none other than the shrewd Sporting Clude De Goa coach, Clifford Chikwumas son. Chikhudi has the privilege of playing in the junior Sporting Clube team and also practises with the senior team. Chikwuma Junior nurtures hopes of playing like his idol in the team, Dudu. He fondly says, I need to be strong like him. He also admires the way Cristiano Ronaldo plays and when he needs any help to improvise in his skills, his father is always around like a guiding star. The Goa Don Bosco school, Panjim coach Francis Raposo is pleased with Chikhudi and says, He has God-given talent, I think it is hereditary. While the youngest player in the Don Bosco team is struggling with his studies, his busy father has to attend to both his football and studies. The seventh standard student is pardoned from studying Hindi and Konkani for this academic year but next year his father insists that he take up French and Portugese. Chikhudi admits that there is pressure to perform when the second name is attached to him, but he takes the fame in his stride. The pressures more when I cannot score. The same thing happened here. I scored three goals in the first half, but later I was marked heavily, he says. When quizzed on the difference between Indian and Nigerian football, Chikhudi says: While in Nigeria, there are big strong players who make things difficult. In India I have to contend with defenders who mark aggressively and tackle strikers. But he is assured that for the time being, he will stay on in India as his fathers contract lasts for another six years and wants to play quality football. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fred Menezes http://fm-gazali.blogspot.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk