Chido Obi-Martin confirmed off why he’s thought of one among soccer’s most prodigious younger abilities on Saturday, scoring a hat trick inside 14 minutes in his first sport for the Manchester United under-18s having left rivals Arsenal in the summertime.
Obi-Martin, 16, noticed his star develop final season after scoring 10 targets in a sport for Arsenal’s academy, earlier than turning down the chance to signal his first skilled contract with the north London membership.
Taking part in for United’s U18s in opposition to Nottingham Forest’s age-group crew, the Danish-born striker pounced on a mistake from the opposition’s defenders to attain his first earlier than 15 seconds had handed within the sport performed at Carrington.
Obi-Martin then reacted quickest to a bouncing ball within the field 4 minutes later, coolly slotting into the bottom-left nook, earlier than finishing his hat trick with a first-time end after a cutback from the left-hand facet of the penalty space.
United ultimately gained the sport 5-0.
Obi-Martin’s exploits final season included the 10-goal efficiency in opposition to Liverpool’s U16s in addition to a gluttonous 28 targets in 10 U18 video games for Arsenal.
He represented Denmark’s U17s at that age group’s European Championship in the summertime and was elected to the crew of the match as they reached the semifinals.
