Former Barcelona coach praises ‘extraordinary’ Super Eagles star

The Nigeria worldwide is again to his finest within the Spanish prime flight and he is likely one of the gamers who might make the distinction for the Yellow Submarines in opposition to the desk toppers

Villarreal head coach Quique Setién has extolled the distinctive virtues of Tremendous Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze forward of the membership’s essential league conflict in opposition to Barcelona.

A former Barcelona supervisor, Quique Setién leads Villarreal in opposition to his earlier employers with the Yellow Submarines not in nice form.

Villarreal have received solely certainly one of their final 5 video games in all competitions, shedding three, together with a stunning 3-1 defeat at lowly Elche.

It’s not the very best time to host league leaders Barcelona, a group that has received ten of their final 11 La Liga matches.

However in Samuel Chukwueze, Villarreal boast a potent attacking risk from the flanks.

The Nigerian winger is the fourth-best participant in La Liga who makes essentially the most incursions into the opponent’s hazard space each 90 minutes – behind solely the Barcelona duo of Raphinha and Ousmane Dembélé and Actual Madrid’s Vinicius.

Chukwueze’s daring and artistic play has been rewarded bountifully this time period with the 24-year-old registering a powerful eight targets and 7 assists throughout all competitions.

And Quique Setién confesses that, alongside Yéremy Pino and Álex Baena, Chukwueze is the person he’s banking on to get Villarreal again on profitable methods in opposition to Barcelona.

What has been mentioned? 

“Probably, all three (Chukwueze, Baena, and Pino) have extraordinary qualities,” Setién mentioned, as per Comuniate.

“They’re very legitimate and really able to doing many issues. There are top-level footballers who make a mistake as soon as each ten video games. What stays for our footballers is to make good selections. They know soccer.”

Chukwueze has a good file in opposition to Barcelona, scoring thrice within the eight video games he has performed in opposition to the Catalans.

Nevertheless, solely as soon as has he ever celebrated a win over Barcelona – in a 2-0 away win in Might final 12 months.