Ghanaian defender Joseph Aidoo is expected to lead Celta Vigo's defense against Real Madrid this weekend in the Spanish La Liga.
The sky-blues haven’t beaten the La Liga Champions at home since 2014.
In the last eight (8) visits, they have lost seven (7) times and have only achieved one draw
Joseph faced the best aerial duel player of last season in all of Europe (Joselu Mato)
The Celta Vigo central defender won six duels, the Espanyol striker won five (5) duels, almost all of them won against Unai Nunez.
The Ghanaian international started the season at the same level he finished last despite the mistake he made in a clearance in which he left the ball dead on the edge so that Unai Expósito scored 2-1 for Espanyol.
The Ghanaian center-back also showed great effectiveness in passing. Throughout the match against Espanyol he attempted (72) passes.
Only Fran Beltrán with (67) deliveries and Óscar Rodríguez, with (62) surpassed the Ghanaian international in successful passes. With an (85.3%) effectiveness rate, he only missed eleven (11) deliveries giving a total of 61 correct passes. Joseph surprises how effective he is with long passes, of the (7) seven he tried five (5) came to the boots of a teammate.
Joseph also saw the first yellow card of the season.
The center-back was forced to bring down Nico Melamed to avoid a clear scoring chance for Espanyol after a mismatch between his teammates in the midfield. Now he will look to Real Madrid for Karim Benzema and Vinicius junior to continue showing that he is really “The Rock” for Celta de Vigo.
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Spanish-born Ghanaian and Athletic club forward Nico Williams has made the 60 young players shortlisted for the Golden Boy 2022 award.
The Athletic Bilbao winger makes it into the final 60 candidates after it was pruned down from 100 to compete for the award given by Italian outlet Tuttosport.
The golden boy award sees to recognize the best young talents in the world under 21 years of age.
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