Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Omeruo, Awaziem celebrate draw with Atletico

By Akeem Lawal 
SUPER Eagles defensive duo, Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem are still in cloud nine after helping Leganes to secure an important draw again La Liga giant Atletico Madrid last weekend.


Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that the Nigerian centre-backs, who featured for 90 minutes did a fine job in frustrating the likes of Joao Felix, Alvaro Morata and Saul Niguez from finding the back of the net.

The game was Awaziem’ s 13th LaLiga game, while Omeruo made his 14th appearance this season.

Awaziem's defensive contributions saw him make one interception, two clearances and three tackles. He also won four of seven aerial duels. He was the first man to go into the referee's book for a foul in the 11th minute. 

“Getting all 3 points would have been perfect, but 1 point is not bad...thank you all for the support @cdleganes fans...we keep pushing harder in every game to achieve our objectives,” he posted on his Instagram account.

Omeruo made nine clearances and tackles, winning three of four aerial challenges. He uploaded an action picture from the match with a caption, “#VAMOSLEGANES #omeruo.”

However, the hard-fought away draw did not help the Javier Aguirre’s men out of the relegation zone as they remained in the 19th position on 15 points, while Atletico Madrid now occupy the fourth spot on 36 points.


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