One of the best news of the match between Almería and Zaragoza was the goal of Umar Sadiq, who returned to see the goal almost three months later. The African striker took advantage of the lack of understanding between Francés and Cristian Álvarez at game time to open the can. In addition to putting his team’s triumph on track (3-0), his goal serves to make anxiety disappear that he was showing in the last few encounters. “It is good that Sadiq has scored a goal so that everything is calm”Rubi himself commented in the press room of the Mediterranean Games Stadium at the end of the game.
The goal against Zaragoza was the eighth for Kaduna in the current season (Last year he scored 20 in the league and two in the Cup), placing himself the seventh highest scorer in the category, four behind Stuani. Sadiq had not seen a goal since October 21, when he scored against Real Sociedad (3-1, making the Nigerian 2-1). Since then it has been a want and not power for the ‘9’, who has remained blank in seven league games and one in the Cup. He had it close even against Huesca (0-0), but he missed a penalty shot by launching it a la Panenka.
Against Zaragoza, an action was surprised shortly before the goal: Puigmal did not define a counterattack well, shooting at goal instead of passing Sadiq, with the subsequent reproach of the Nigerian while the action was still in play, passing the ball near Sadiq himself on the second play. This is not the first time that the forward shows his anger in an energetic way. However, everything calmed down with his goal, leaving the field of play in the 80th minute cheered by the nearly 10,000 spectators that were cited in the Stadium of the Mediterranean Games.
Fernando, best player of November
Fernando Martínez was chosen as best player of the championship during the month of November by LaLiga. The Almería goalkeeper collected the award in a penalty placed on the lawn of the Mediterranean Games Stadium before the opening whistle in his team’s match against Zaragoza. The Murcian played five games in November and barely conceded a goal. The other nominees for the award were Sergi Enrich and Enric Gallego.