Yesterday 13th of June, 2020 saw a masterclass Performance from Nigerian Starlet, Samuel Chukwueze who has been making waves in Spain and Europe of recent.
The 22 Years old came off the Bench to give an electrifying performance and set up the Winner in Villareal's away Match at Celta Vigo.Chukwueze replaced Gerard Moreno in the 58th Minute for a toothless Villareal side who were finding it difficult to crack open a resilient Celta side.
His Performance in recent times has drawn huge attention from Club Legends including Samuel Eto'o and Frederic Kanoute as they urge the 2015 FIFA U-17 Bronze boot winner to add goals to his skill and tricks.
“He is an incredible player who is growing in leaps and bounds and it’s just a matter of time,” Eto’o told Goal.He is a quality player and he needs to score more goals, but he has the quality and ability to be more than just a goal scoring forward. Once he gets all of that he will be top.” - Samuel Eto'o
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Former Sevilla Striker Frederic Kanoute believes Skills and Dribbles is not Just what Matters, Chukwueze needs to add one more attribute to his game.
“Football entails the technical part, the physical part, tactical part and mental part as well which are very important And if he works very seriously and keeps a high level of discipline and work ethics, I think he is a kid that can be very impressive in the coming months and years for LaLiga."
“So all depends on him in terms of work and dedication he is going to put into his work and if he becomes a little bit more decisive – I mean scoring a bit more goals and assists." He added
“At the end of the day, they are going to look at his stats because it doesn’t matter if he can do three stepovers and dribble people, but if he doesn’t have an impact in the game for his team, then it’s going to be very difficult."
“He will learn that because - he is still young and an interesting player and I wish him all the best.” He Concluded.
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His team mate at Villareal and Former Arsenal Player, Santi Carzola Believes that Chukwueze has all what it takes to be among the World's Best Footballers after Chukwueze put up an Outstanding Performance in Villareal's Game Against Girona Earlier on this seaon.
“His performance made it almost impossible for Girona to mount any meaningful attack from defence as they had to keep an eye on him and it has earned him praises from Carzola. ” You can see that the talent is there”Samuel Chukwueze keeps attracting praises from the Elites of the Game. The Young Man was recently Ranked above Gabriel Martinelli and Mason GreenWood in Europe's Most Valuable Players. Many has compared the Forward to the Ever Dominant Barcelona Great, Lionel Messi in terms of Style of Play
"He is applying it properly and also willing to learn new things. The hardwork he is putting in he has to maintain it and continue to develop here because he can be the best in the world, “
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We could recall in 2019, that the Brazilian Coach, Tite was Warned by Brazilian Journalist about Placing Real Madrids's Left Back, Marcelo against Chukwueze in a friendly game between Nigeria and Brazil. Carlos saw it to be an Unwise decision to play Marcelo Against Samuel Chukwueze.
Carlos May have sensed the danger lurking ahead to ha warned Tite to be Wary of the Trickster because, even his team mates at the National Level has been victim of his Mind Boggling Tricks as confirmed by Super Eagles Defender, Semi Ajayi who claimed that he [Chukwueze ] Kept on Destroying the team in training.
Having seen all his performances and praises being heaped on him, do you think chukwueze is underrated or not yet there to be compared to other footballers of his age group just like Mbappe, Jadon Sancho and Others. Lets have your view in the comment section Below.