Ikechukwu Uche has equalled the 11-goal mark of Finidi George after his brace for Villarreal on Monday night.
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Uche’s double helped his side beat Real Sociedad 5-1. He scored Villarreal’s second goal of the game in the 27th minute and completed his brace in the 55th minute to give his team 4-0 lead.
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He thus becomes only the second Nigerian to score 11 goals in a single season in La liga after Finidi’s exploits in 1998/1999 season when playing for Real Betis.
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Villarreal are now fifth on the league table with 34 points from 19 matches.
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Uche has scored 18 goals in 44 games for Super Eagles and he is expected to be recalled for the World Cup in June.
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The goals can make that happen. Let him just focus on scoring more and more as a striker should do.
He certainly has to do more to earn any form of recall. Keshi has to go with the best