Aston Villa defender Karim El-Ahmadi is relishing the clash this coming weekend against Everton and is looking forward to playing against former Moroccan teammate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marouane-Fellaini-c24295.
The Moroccan holding player made his competitive debut for the club in the 1-0 defeat to West Ham at Upton Park. Aston Villa were disappointed at losing their opening game, but had quite a few things to be positive about. New signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brett-Holman-c8047 impressed
in attack and Dutch centre-half http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ron-Vlaar-c31697 had a very solid game.
El-Ahmadi was also very impressive and feels that the team should have secured at least a point from the game. The player arrived from Dutch side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 earlier this month and is considered one of the top talents in the Eredivisie.
The midfielder was brought in by manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Lambert to strengthen and solidify the team in the middle of the park and has so far been solid in his central position. El-Ahmadi is a good reader of the game and is known for his defensive discipline and positional
awareness.
The player’s greatest strength lies in his ability to sit in front of the back four, break up the opposition attack and keep possession of the ball. Villa have lacked a commanding presence in midfield, and El-Ahmadi provides just that.
He is relishing the midfield battle that he will experience against Everton’s Marouane Fellaini this weekend. The game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 will be the midfielder’s home debut, and he looks to stamp his authority by keeping Fellaini quiet. The midfielder was
El-Ahmadi’s Moroccan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850.
Speaking about the weekend’s game and Fellaini, El-Ahmadi said:
“I didn’t watch it, the match on Monday, but I saw some of the highlights. When we were younger I played with him. We were playing in the young team of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morocco-c2961.”
“He’s very good and it’s always good to play against big guys and big names, but I’ll just play my own game and not think too much about who I am up against.”
Villa will face Everton at Villa Park this weekend in what looks set to be a thrilling encounter.
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