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Adam Idah scored the winning goal for Norwich against Huddersfield on Saturday in their first Championship game.
The Irish international came off the bench in the 75th minute and had the ball in the net six minutes later.
It was Teemu Pukki who put the goal at the plate for Idah. Pukki lunged on a weak backward pass from Richard Stearman and then passed the ball through the six-yard box, allowing 19-year-old Idah to push the ball into the net.
Idah appeared despite failing to impress manager Daniel Farke in practice during the week.
“I’m allowed to tell you a secret,” Farke told the Norwich City YouTube channel.
“I had a real outburst with Adam Idah this week. I didn’t feel like he was focused enough. It was difficult because he was in the limelight debuting for Ireland.
“During training I had a real outburst with him and asked him for more concentration and more discipline.
“After training, I spoke to Michael McGovern because he is an experienced player and has an influence on young guys.
“After the game, he said, ‘Listen, coach, I talked to Adam and told him I had to give back his confidence.’ We still cast him today, even though he was not very good during practice this week. He has to pay back, and did “.
Such was the ease of opportunity that Idah had time to consider the consequences of failing.
“I was delighted to get the goal, but obviously when Teemu hit the ball, I felt a lot of nerves,” Idah told the Eastern Daily Press.
“It was a great ball from Teemu and he worked hard to reach the ball in the first place so I’m delighted that he squared the ball and paid me to pass it because a lot of forwards weren’t passing the ball, but I’m happy he did!
“There was a little thought in the back of my head of ‘If I miss this, we could draw the game’, but that’s my job as a striker, to score goals.
“So it was probably a little instinctive. Fortunately I hit the ball and it hit the back of the net.”
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