Worgu on double mission

JOHANNESBURG – Leading African Champions League marksman Stephen Worgu has a two-fold mission when Nigerian club Enyimba tackle Egyptian visitors Al-Ahly in the semi-finals on Sunday.

The 19-year-old who has taken the competition by storm faces the challenge of unlocking one of the meanest defences on the continent as he tries to increase a 13-goal haul from 12 matches. And the tall Nigerian teenager who says there is no secret to his amazing predatory prowess wants to impress Ahly after claiming the Cairo ‘Red Devils’ head a queue of clubs hoping to sign him.Worgu has scored in nine African matches for 2003 and 2004 Champions League title holders Enyimba, who stage the first leg on Sunday at their fortress in the south-east industrial city of Aba.”There is no secret when it comes to scoring, I just want to win well and that is all I have in mind when I line up for my club,” said a goal poacher virtually unknown outside his homeland until this year.”Ahly are showing interest in me and South African club Mamelodi Sundowns, but my mind is fixed on the Champions League for now,” he added during an interview with Nigerian journalists.Worgu is not the only threat posed by the ‘Peoples Elephant’ with Ezenwa Otorogu the second highest Champions League scorer this year with six goals for a team that averages 3.5 per home match.Despite the mid-year loss of star goalkeeper Essam al-Hadary to Swiss club Sion after a protracted transfer tug-of-war, an Ahly defence marshalled by Shady Mohamed has conceded only four goals in as many away outings.SuperSportAnd the tall Nigerian teenager who says there is no secret to his amazing predatory prowess wants to impress Ahly after claiming the Cairo ‘Red Devils’ head a queue of clubs hoping to sign him.Worgu has scored in nine African matches for 2003 and 2004 Champions League title holders Enyimba, who stage the first leg on Sunday at their fortress in the south-east industrial city of Aba.”There is no secret when it comes to scoring, I just want to win well and that is all I have in mind when I line up for my club,” said a goal poacher virtually unknown outside his homeland until this year.”Ahly are showing interest in me and South African club Mamelodi Sundowns, but my mind is fixed on the Champions League for now,” he added during an interview with Nigerian journalists.Worgu is not the only threat posed by the ‘Peoples Elephant’ with Ezenwa Otorogu the second highest Champions League scorer this year with six goals for a team that averages 3.5 per home match.Despite the mid-year loss of star goalkeeper Essam al-Hadary to Swiss club Sion after a protracted transfer tug-of-war, an Ahly defence marshalled by Shady Mohamed has conceded only four goals in as many away outings.SuperSport