In Almería few miss Darwin Núñez. The technical secretariat was right with the signing of Umar Sadiq, showing in the current course that the excellent result he gave last season was not a flash in the pan. From the Vega de Acá offices they are aware that it will be difficult for him to fulfill his contract in Almería (it expires in 2025), leaving huge profits in the red and white coffers in a future sale; At the moment, he is being capital on the path marked out towards the First Division. In fact, it is no coincidence that Rubi’s men are getting closer to the best version of him since Sadiq returned to the eleven after his time in the African Cup. The one from Kaduna is the leader of Almería, standing out in decisive statistics.
Last weekend at La Rosaleda he reached ten goals, adding eleven officials this year, counting the one he scored in the Cup, for the 28 last season -twenty in the league, two cupbearers and six in Serbia-. With his particular personality (Rubi has acknowledged on more than one occasion that they have worked a lot with him psychologically), the ‘9’ does not rule out the Pichichi, although he cannot slow down in a jungle with brutal competition. At the moment, he has scored a couple of goals in the last two games, also causing two maximum penalties in the last game at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.
Not only in the scoring aspect does the African stand out, who is also the leader in the assists section. Despite the fact that Rubi has many good players, the Nigerian adds half a dozen assists, one and two more than Portillo and Sousa, respectively. Robertone, Curro Sánchez, Samu and Pozo, meanwhile, have a pair each. Almería’s starting striker shines even in this facet in the silver category, since only Borja Sánchez and Riquelme surpass him, both, with seven.
Sadiq is also the player in the Almeria squad who shoots the most times. Despite having missed five games in the league due to his presence in the African Cup, he has made up to 25 shots with the red and white jersey this season, seven more than Ramazani. Samu, with 16, covers the podium. But not only does Sadiq excel in the figures, but his simple presence distresses the rival, pressing the ball out, participating in the creation of his team’s game, playing face-to-face, creating spaces for the second-line men and making the team better. their peers. The leader of Almeria.