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‘New Okocha’ scores in ‘difficult’ game for Super Eagles goalkeeper

Watford fell to their second pleasant loss on Tuesday as their Nigerian worldwide shot-stopper continued his integration with the Golden Boys
Nigerian ahead Dapo Afolayan was on the scoresheet as Bolton Wanderers secured a 2-0 win over Maduka Okoye’s Watford on the London Colney on Tuesday.
Okoye was concerned as Watford stumbled to a 3-1 defeat to Cambridge United and a 0-0 draw to Panathinaikos over the previous couple of weeks.
The previous Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper nonetheless lined up between the sticks for the Hornets towards Wanderers of their third tune-up match of the preseason.
Tremendous Eagles vice-captain William Troost-Ekong and Nigerian teenager Tom Dele-Bashiru had been additionally within the beginning lineup for Watford.
But it surely was Tremendous Eagles hopeful Dapo Afolayan who stole the present together with his Bolton Wanderers teammates.
The versatile attacking midfielder, tagged the ‘new Okocha’, doubled Bolton’s lead earlier than the break with an assured end after Kieran Lee had slotted house the opener minutes earlier.
Watford grew into the encounter and had a number of probabilities to get on the scoresheet, however Bolton held on for a morale-boosting victory.
Okoye admits the Hornets struggled within the opening part of the match however was happy together with his facet’s response after the break.
“I feel it was fairly tough to start with which is comprehensible as a result of that is new for us,” Okoye informed Watford’s official web site. “We’ll discover our means; you’ll be able to see within the second half we had been means higher and we’ve proven progress.”
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Watford’s subsequent pleasant sport is towards Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday on the Watford Coaching Floor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Okoye will goal to proceed integrating with the Hornets’ squad forward of the 2022-23 Championship season.
The Golden Boys – simply relegated from the Premier League – start their league marketing campaign with a fixture at house to Sheffield United on August 1st.