Nigeria forward David Okereke is thrilled to score on his competitive debut for Belgian club, Club Brugge, reports Completesports.com.
Okereke netted Brugge’s second goal in their 3-1 away win against Waasland-Beveren at the Freethiel Stadion on Saturday night.
“During the break, the coach told me that I had to attack the ball more at the first post. That’s where the passes came,” Okereke told reporters.
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. “I am happy with my goal and the victory for the team is great.
“Whether this is a relief? No, not really. With one goal you can’t really be relieved; you have to do more than that.
“I only arrived in Brugges not too long and I still have tactical work, but things are going well.
“The coach works hard every day to make us play beautiful football. You saw that a bit in the game.”
Okereke recently linked up with the former Belgian champions from Italian Serie B side, Spezia.
By Adeboye Amosu
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What an impressive way to begin the season.
If what is being said and read by David Okereke is anything to go by then the Europe hasn’t seen anything yet.The fast paced youngster had a remarkable season Spezia in the lower division in Italy last season and has hit the ground running with Fc Brugge.
David Okereke’s move to the Belgian league has increased the number of Nigeria players in the modest league that boasts of other notable stars as Awoniyi, France-bound Osimhen, Ajagun, Imoh Ezekiel and co.