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Udinese forward Florian Thauvin has showered encomium on Maduka Okoye following the shot stopper’s impressive performance in the 1-1 draw against Lazio.
Okoye returned to action for Udinese against Marco Baroni’s side after spending over three months on the sidelines due to a wrist problem.
The Nigeria international put up a stellar display in the thrilling encounter.
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Thauvin, who scored the Zebra’s only goal of the game expressed delight with Okoye’s return to action.
“I’m back to my best levels, I’m happy. I worked every day to get back to this level, but without a team, great performances don’t come,” the Frenchman told the club’s official website.
“We’re having a great season, I’m happy for Maduka – who came back and had a great performance – and I’m happy for the team. It’s an important point and we have to continue like this.
” We’ve achieved our goal, which was safety, now we’ll think game by game. We can do great things, it’s our best season in twelve years, let’s see where we can get to”.
By Adeboye Amosu
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I thought the Nigerian media said this kid had been de-registered by Udinese and wouldn’t be playing football anymore for the rest of this season…..???
Yet he walks back into the 1st team of an Italian Serie A club after 3 months injury as if he never left.
My dear brother @Dr Drey, I tire for Nigerian media people ooo. Fake news and sensationalism is their stock in trade.
E be like say Okoye no gree give them brown envelope, the way they were hyping that yeye betting investigation issue that time surprised me, the guy was painted as guilty already without any facts.
Open market journalism is rampant in 9ja
They and their paymasters (NFF godfathers and agents) are all pushing an agenda…and we know it.
But as they say in Local parlance, God Pass Them.
The boy walked back into the starting XI after just 1 week of training despite the club signing a 3rd GK in the January transfer window.