Copa del Rey: Sadiq Fires Almeria to 3rd Round

Nigerian striker, Umar Sadiq has shone as UD Almeria triumphed 2-1 over Amorebieta on Thursday.

The 24-year-old opened the scoring in the second round of the Copa del Rey to see Inigo Velez’s men out of the tournament.

Though, Inigo Orosco found an equalizer for Azules, that was not enough as Arvin Appiah doubled Almeria’s lead on the hour-mark.

The win has therefore secured a place for UDA in the next phase of the competition.

Sadiq, who found it hard to register his first goal since he moved to the Segunda Division side scored in the side’s 3-0 league win over Real Zaragoza.

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He found the net again five days after to make it two goals in the last two games for Indálicos.

The Kaduna-born striker has therefore topped up his goals for Almeria to nine in 18 appearances in the ongoing 2021-2022 campaign.

Almeria’s next game is against Lugo on Monday 20th.