Sadiq Umar extended his goal scoring act for Partizan Belgrade by scoring the opener in their 2-3 loss to Vojvodina. His fourth goal in five games since the resumption of the league in Serbia.
The Nigerian showed why he is so highly rated with a curler from the right when he found space in the box of Vojvodina to score the opening goal for his team .
Vojvodina rally back to claim a 3-2 win in what was a bad temper game as Partizan ended the game with ten men following the sending off of Seydouba Soumah. The coach of Partizan Savi Milosevic was also sent off for violently protesting a foul on Sadiq which should have seen the defender sent off.
After the game , Milosevic was full of praise for Sadiq and said they still hope to keep him until at least next season despite admitting that teams in more established leagues are after the 23 year old who scored 17 goals and also had 17 assists in all competitions last season.
Linked with a possible call up to the senior national team of Nigeria with coach of the team Gernot Rohr confirming that he is monitoring the striker in an interview with ESPN, Milosevic says he adds something different to any team.
“ He is different in the way he plays because you don’t know what to expect from him. In the box he is very calm and we plan to keep him until at least next summer unless we receive an offer which is okay for us from the teams looking for him”.
Ade Emmanuel
