{"id":839814,"date":"2025-04-08T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/has-been-growing-valencia-boss-said-about-super-eagles-snub-after-double-assists-in-valladolid-bashing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:12:35","slug":"has-been-growing-valencia-boss-said-about-super-eagles-snub-after-double-assists-in-valladolid-bashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/has-been-growing-valencia-boss-said-about-super-eagles-snub-after-double-assists-in-valladolid-bashing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHas been growing\u201d-Valencia boss said about Super Eagles snub after double assists in Valladolid bashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Getafe coach Jose Bordalas has praised Super Eagles snub Christantus Uche after his brace of assists in their 4-0 win at Valladolid on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uche has been brilliant for Getafe since making his \u20ac500k transfer from lower league club Ceuta last summer. The Nigerian striker has provided three goals and five assists in 28 La Liga appearances this season.<\/p>\n<p>Two of his five assists came on Sunday against Valladolid, as he set up the first two goals for Getafe.<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/christantus-uche-nigerian-getafe.html\"> That win<\/a> took them up to 11th in La Liga.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1055011625-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Christantus Uche\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153206\">Christantus Uche for Getafe (Photo credit: imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>READ MORE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/christantus-uche-bests-yamal-in-game-stat.html\">Christantus Uche bests Yamal, Garnacho, Dorgu in highly rated game stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/why-christantus-uche-should-join-nigeria.html\">Christantus Uche: Does Chelsea-linked midfielder deserve a place in the Super Eagles?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the game, Bordalas, who has also coached other Spanish teams like Valencia, Alaves and Elche has praised Uche.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUche is a kid who hadn\u2019t played professional football, who had been playing as a central midfielder, and we had to adapt him as a striker in the first league game. And, well, from then on, he\u2019s been playing closer to a striker than a central midfielder,\u201d Bordalas said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futbolfantasy.com\/laliga\/noticias\/127177-bordalas-celebra-el-triunfo-detalla-las-claves-de-la-mejoria-y-habla-de-uche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">futbol fantasy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been explaining to him that it\u2019s a different position, that he had to be dynamic, play more facing forward, and he\u2019s been understanding it, and has been growing, obviously, as a footballer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Soccer Christantus Uche could break into the Super Eagles soon<\/h2>\n<p>Christantus Uche has attracted a lot of attention with his impressive performances in recent weeks. Premier League clubs like Chelsea have been linked with the Nigerian midfielder already, and he might even be on the move by the summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058519140-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Super Eagles invitee Christantus Uche for Getafe \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1705\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150523\">Christantus Uche for Getafe (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At international level, he was named in Eric Chelle\u2019s squad for the last FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Rwanda, but he did not make the final cut.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Uche continues to improve, it will only be a matter of time before he gets a first call-up and becomes a regular for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Kelvin Omachonu\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240522-WA0001-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/kelvin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu is a writer with many years of experience covering sports events in Nigeria and abroad. He is fueled by his love for the job, and is dedicated to delivering captivating stories.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/what-bordalas-says-on-super-eagles-snub.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Kelvin Omachonu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Getafe coach Jose Bordalas has praised Super Eagles snub Christantus Uche after his brace of assists in their 4-0 win at Valladolid on Sunday, Soccernet.ng reports. Uche has been brilliant for Getafe since making his \u20ac500k transfer from lower league club Ceuta last summer. The Nigerian striker has provided three goals and five assists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":839815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93697,29232,2005],"tags":[143083,6441],"class_list":{"0":"post-839814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-growing","9":"category-soccer","11":"tag-growing"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}