Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner has hailed Christantus Uche for his impressive performance in the club’s UEFA Europa Conference League clash with Finnish club KuPS.
Uche scored a stunning a goal in the keenly contested encounter.
The Nigeria international gave his side the lead in the fifth minute with a superb effort from outside the box.
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It was the midfielder’s first goal at Selhurst Park, and he has now scored in back-to-back Conference League games.
The 2-2 draw earned Palace a place in the playoffs in February.
Glasner saluted Uche for his ‘fantastic’ effort.
“I was pleased with the performance especially of the youngsters. Of course, fantastic goal from Uche, and then we could see we lost a little bit of structure for ten to fifteen minutes, and you get three finishes at the end and score two goals,” Glasner told TNT Sports.
By Adeboye Amosu
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I was always of the view of including Chistantus Uche in the Afcon squad because of the versatility he brings.
That said, his missing out on Afcon is definitely a blessing in the open because of the run of games he will enjoy for Crystal Palace.
With other Crystal Palace strikers going to represent their countries in the Afcon, Uche has wasted no time to prove that he was just wasting away on the bench all this time.
His goal in the Europa League last time was a thing of beauty and precision. He instigated the move from midfield with a neat give-and-go before collecting the resultant pass just outside the opposition 18 yard box to blast past the despairing goalkeeper after leaving a defender questioning his life choices.
Uche is a talent and will serve the Super Eagles well after the Afcon. For now, he is serving Crystal Palace very well.
Honestly with the dart of attacking midfielders in super Eagles , the should hv taken a risk on Uche.. for me he is a natural partner to Victor Osihmen in attack. Two physically gifted players liken to Omokachi and Rashidi. It will hv bn both beautiful and desvastating to behold
That goal was lit…suberb finishing.