Head coach of the B team of Real Sociedad Xavi Alonso says Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar is hard to stop when in full flight after the striker’s goal against his team in a second division league game.
Sadiq scored the second goal for Almeria over Alonso’s team. He also set up the first goal scored by Jose Carlos Lazo as they ease their way to a 3-1 win to stay top of the Segunda.
The lanky number 9 now has seven goals this seven goals this season with five assists from 11 games so far. A sign of how well he is ready to better his last season tally of 20 goals from 40 games.
Asked about the characteristics of the Nigerian top scorer, the former Liverpool Real Madrid and Bayern Munich ace predicts a promising future for him if he continues in this line. In addition, he recognizes that his next career move would not be too big for him based on his performance and the qualities that have led him to become a fearsome footballer:
” Unbalancing, powerful, decisive , and I have no doubt that in a higher category or league he will be just as decisive . I foresee a bright future for Umar Sadiq, but not just him, because not only Sadiq, Almería as a whole is a good team.
“For my team it was an enormous physical and mental exhaustion having to run the ninety minutes behind the striker: “Tying Sadiq down for 90 minutes is impossible, because of the imbalance he has”, he concluded