Iheanacho, who netted four times in Nigeria's 6-1 win over defending champions, Mexico in the opening fired blank in the last two games against Sweden and Iraq.
He however, scored Nigeria 's second goal against a stingy Iranian side when his clinical grounder off a cross from Taiwo Awoniyi beat goalkeeper Mahdi Amini in the 25th minute.
Iheanacho's goal came two minutes after defender Samuel Okon had scored the curtain raiser through a low diagonal pass.
Interestingly, another Nigerian wonder kid, Musa Yahaya is in the race for the Golden Shoe after scoring four goals in the competition.
Yahaya, who assisted Okon to score the first goal scored Nigeria's fourth goal in the 76th minute when he out of sheer brilliance outpaced two Iranian defenders before he unleashed a grounder which caught Amini helpless.
Captain of the Eaglets, Musa Muhammed also scored his second goal of the championship through a
solo effort which he sensationally capped with a blinder at the edge of the box for Nigeria's third goal.
The first time a Nigerian player emerged the Golden Shoe winner of the cadet World Cup was at
Japan '93 when Wilson Oruma, who also captained the Golden Eaglets finished with six goals ahead of teammate, Nwankwo Kanu who scored five goals.
Chrisantus Macaulay equalled Oruma's feat in 2007 when he claimed the Golden Shoe award with
seven goals to also inspire the Nigerian team to capture the cadet mundial for the third time.
Meanwhile, Iheanacho is battling for the Golden Boot award also alongside Brazilian striker, Mosquito with four goals in the kitty.
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General Manager bemoans ABS relegation
General Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC, Alloy Chukwuemeka has described the relegation of the team from the Globacom Premier League as a temporary setback.
"The relegation of the club is very unfortunate and sad considering the personal efforts our boss Senator Saraki put in to sustain the team for three seasons in top flight football.
"I think we were victims of a bad system as well as other environmental factors that don't support private sector participation in top flight football but I'm sure we will bounce back soonest," said ACc as he is fondly called by his admirers.
He stated that the team will consolidate the structure already in place to perform well in the Nigeria National League and regain its slot in the elite cadre.
"Our team is intact for next season though, we have created an enabling environment for our players to remain as one big family. The management and the players have met and resolved to remain with the team in order to actualise the objective of the club to return to the Globacom Premier league as soon as possible," said Chukwuemeka who is also the secretary of the Club Owners in Nigeria.
Caption of the photo above: Kelechi Iheanacho gunning for the Golden Shoe award with five goals.
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