Nigeria midfielder Ogenyi Onazi made his much-awaited return for Trabzonspor in their 2-0 Europa League loss against Swiss club on Thursday night.
Onazi Ruptured his Achilles tendon against Rizespor in a Turkish Super Lig game in December 2018, has since sidelined him from action.
With no chance of progressing into the knock-out stage of the European tournament after securing only one point from five games.
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Trabzonspor manager Unal Karaman rested most of his regular stars including former Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi and his compatriot Anthony Nwakaeme with his team having no chance of qualifying for the knockout round of the competition.
Onazi then got a chance to gain match fitness as he was afforded his first appearance this season but could not help the Black Sea Storm from nicking a decent result at St. Jacob Park, despite playing for 51 minutes.
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Silvan Widmer and Valentin Stocker’s strikes condemned the Turkish outfit to their fourth consecutive defeat in the competition.
Onazi will hope to play a part when Trabzonspor take on Denizlispor in their next Super Lig game on December 16.
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Glad to hear he is finally doing better healthwise. It’s been a long, long absence. Hope he finds his way back into the Super Eagles. Always a good option to have in the squad when fit and in form.
Well he needs to work damn hard, I don’t see him being able to upstage any of our current midfielders for places in the current squad. To be honest Onazi payed his last good game for the Super Eagles 5 years ago at the World cup 2014 in Brazil. That World cup 2018 warm game against England in Wembley Stadium defined his calamitous performances for us over a 4 year period he should have never made the World Cup squad also against South Africa in Uyo 2 and a bit years ago as the only senior player in the squad that day he failed to lead by example and was the most woeful performer for us in the field of play. Onazi for now is not needed in the Super Eagles squad.
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Well he needs to work damn hard, I don’t see him being able to upstage any of our current midfielders for places in the current squad. To be honest Onazi payed his last good game for the Super Eagles 5 years ago at the World cup 2014 in Brazil. That World cup 2018 warm game against England in Wembley Stadium defined his calamitous performances for us over a 4 year period he should have never made the Russia 2018 World Cup squad, also against South Africa in Uyo 2 and a bit years ago as the only senior player in the squad that day he failed to lead by example and was the most woeful performer for us in the field of play. Onazi for now is not needed in the Super Eagles squad.