Sporting Lisbon defender Oguchi Onyewu grateful for the support he has received – Primeira Liga News
Sporting Lisbon’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oguchi-Onyewu-c28332 has thanked his close friends, Maurice Edu and Charlie Davis, as well as the club fans for the support he has received following his match winning header against Rio Ave.
American International, Onyewu, signed for the Reds this summer after parting ways with Italian giants, AC Milan.
At San Siro, the defender was rarely used and was eventually loaned to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233, where he had an average campaign.
Following his performances in the Dutch league, he was snapped up by Sporting Lisbon as their main man in the backline. Although he took his time to make his debut for the Lions, Onyewu has rocked Jose Alvalade with his displays.
However, it was the Primeira Liga match on Monday that really earned him the love of the Sporting faithful. Domingos Paciência’s men faced Rio Ave in the late kick-off and had their new-signing to thank for securing all three points.
The game itself was a thrilling encounter with plenty of goals. It was tied at 2-2 and presented the perfect opportunity for Onyewu to become a star. The centre-back duly took it by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 in to head a corner in the latter stages of the match and bagged
victory for his side, who have not had the best of starts to the season.
Following the win, the former Standard Liege man was showered with praise from all corners of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, with many saying that he had finally established himself at the club.
Now Onyewu has thanked all those who had praised his abilities and made special acknowledgments to his International teammates, Charlie Davies and Maurice Edu.
"Thank you all for the positive tweets! Special thanks to my younger brothers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Charlie-Davies-c8841. Much love and respect. Blessed,” the defender was quoted as saying.
With arguably the most talented squad in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, Sporting Lisbon can definitely give the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Benfica a run for their money and with their defence now even stronger, you wouldn’t bet against them winning the title,
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