By Rasaq Oboirien
SOCIAL media, twitter went frenzy after 'Captain Fantastic', John Obi Mikel scored his first and Nigeria's first goal in Saturday's 2-0 victory against Denmark in the Rio Olympics men football event quarter final game, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
The Chelsea FC midfielder went on to cap his night providing the assist for Aminu Umar from a corner kick in the 59th minute of the second half, to set up a semi- final clash against Germany on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.
The Dream Team 6 skipper showed his delight when he posted his goal celebration picture and a tweet on his official twitter handle @mikel_john_obi after the game.
"#Rio2016 SEMI FINALS HERE WE COME 🇳🇬 🇳🇬 🇳🇬#DreamTeamVI."
His fans shared their delights on his handle.
HeavenlyBlue@heavenlyblue007@mikel_john_obi Lord Mikel!! 💙 #cfcfamily.
EMPEROR KHALEED@Khaleed_ng@mikel_john_obi yippppppppppeeeeeee proudly Nigerian.
Sir Rap-A-Lot@_Oteraw@mikel_john_obi LEGEND.
Ali@TheBeardedRaul@mikel_john_obi @Chelsea_HQ No need to sign a CF. We've got you Legend 😊😊😊😊.
Stuart@Stuart_grigg@mikel_john_obi Good job Mikel I love you hope you bring it home!!
Ataga@ExplorerAtaga@mikel_john_obi Lord Mikel! Commander of the Green Army.
Interestingly, Mikel's tweet after the victory had a 2,078 RETWEETS and 1,740 LIKES.
