Dream Team VI Striker Named In Europa League Best Eleven

Published: October 04, 2019

Dream Team VI striker Umar Sadiq has been named in Whoscored.com's Team of The Week for Thursday's UEFA Europa League Match day 2 games.

Sadiq scored a brace for his Serbian side Partizan Belgrade which helped them to a 2-1 win over FC Astana.

Sadiq who played for Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics is the only 'full fledged' African in the eleven selected by the statistical website.

The languid striker had limited scoring opportunities but maximized those few chances he had to put away two chances.

" Striker: Umar Sadiq (Partizan Belgrade) - 8.77 rating."

"Umar Sadiq put in an influential display at FC Astana as his brace confirmed a 2-1 win.

"The Partizan Belgrade forward scored two from four shots to help the Serbian side to their first group stage win and, in the process, garner a WhoScored rating of 8.77," the website stated.

Gabriel Martinelli who scored a brace in Arsenal's 4-0 convincing win against Standard Liege was named as Whoscored.com's Player of the Week with a 10.0 rating.

Izuchukwu Okosi