Championship: Flying Eagles Star Suffers Injury As Watford Taste First Defeat
By Sampson Adedeji
It was a double blow for Nigeria's Flying Eagles midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru who got injured as his team Watford FC suffered first defeat in the season, BSNSports.com.ng reports.
Before playing against Reading on Saturday, Watford was one of the team in the championship that won all its first three matches without conceding a goal.
Since the commencement of the new season Dele-Bashiru has been regular with the team and was also given the nod to start the such on Saturday.
Despite closed game been exhibited by Reading, Dele-Bashiru wormed his way into space on the left side of the box soon after but his low cross flashed across the six yard box.
Dele-Bashiru struck another speculative effort over but was forced off with injury a little later, Ken Sema coming on in his place.
The team head coach Vladimir Ivic felt disappointed over his injury.
“I am very disappointed because he's a quality player who can give us a lot. He was one of the best players on the pitch before he got injured," he said
Puscas netted the only goal of the game as Reading secured maximum points.
Dele-Bashiru was part of Nigeria's Flying Eagles to the 2019 FIFA U20 World cup in Poland.
Meanwhile, newly acquired Nigeria's Super Eagles defender William Troost Ekong was unused substitute in the encounter.
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