Sadiq Umar Scores Again For Almeria, As Mikel Agu Sinks Awaziem

UD Almeria of Spain striker, Sadiq Umar kept up his brilliant burst of form in the season, as he netted yet another goal that helped his side storm to a 4-1 win over Lugo in Saturday’s Segunda division encounter, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The former AS Roma of Italy, Glasgow Rangers of Scotland and Partizan Belgrade of Serbia hitman put aside a short blight and returned to the scorers’ sheet, with an assist also to boot, as Los Rojiblancos bounced back to winning ways in the second division. Sadiq, who joined Almeria on a five-year deal from Partizan Belgrade in October, is enjoying the best goals scoring run of his career and, following a 2-0 loss to Real Mallorca penultimate Sunday, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games’ bronze medalist’s efforts inspired Jose Gomes’ side back to winning ways. Sadiq won a penalty for the Rojiblancos in the 10th minute and he stepped forward to take the resulting kick and, though his attempt was first stopped by Lugo’s goalkeeper, he followed it to put the rebound in the back of the net. The 24-year-old Sadiq’s strike was his 13th goal of the season in the Spanish second division and he is the leading scorer for Almeria, who sealed victory with a brace from Jose Corpas at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterraneos. In Portugal, Mikel Ndubuisi Agu and Chidozie Awaziem were at opposing ends, when Vitoria SC hosted Boavista at Dom Afonso Henriques, with the game ending in a hard-fought victory for the back-to-form midfielder, as his side had storm back from behind to snatch all three points. Having recovered from an injury he suffered last November against Sporting CP, Agu was on the bench for the hosts, while Awaziem started for the visitors, who were seeking their first consecutive victories of the campaign. Despite being on the back foot for the most part of the opening seconds, Awaziem’s side took the lead inside 17 minutes, when Ricardo Mangas put them ahead much through poor defending by the hosts. However, Agu’s side soon made their dominance count as they leveled just before the break with Rochina converting from an Oscar Estupinan assist, after which team captain Andre Andre completed the comeback minutes after the hour. He scored from the spot to make it 2-1 after Ricardo Manga handled the ball in his penalty area, following which Agu replaced Rochina with seven minutes left, going on for his first appearance of the year to help protect the lead. Agu’s side went on to win 2-1 on the night, despite Awaziem’s team putting up a fine display and the Super Eagles’ defender also at his best for Boavista, earning a rating of 7.0 marks over ten, seven successful clearances, four interceptions, two key tackles and won nine duels.