{"id":6770,"date":"2026-11-02T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/valencia-boss-delighted-with-sadiqs-injury-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:45:56","slug":"valencia-boss-delighted-with-sadiqs-injury-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/valencia-boss-delighted-with-sadiqs-injury-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia Boss Delighted with Sadiq\u2019s Injury Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia head coach Javier Aguirre has expressed his delight following Umar Sadiq\u2019s return to action after spending around two months on the sidelines through injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria international made an immediate impact, coming off the bench in Valencia\u2019s 1-0 victory over Elche CF on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sadiq, who replaced Pablo Maffeo in the 61st minute, scored the decisive goal just six minutes after his introduction to secure all three points for Los Ches.<\/p>\n<p>The victory also marked Valencia\u2019s first win since Aguirre took charge of the club in September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/la-liga-sadiq-on-target-in-valencia-loss-to-deportivo\/\">La Liga: Sadiq On Target In Valencia Loss To Deportivo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Aguirre Happy With Sadiq\u2019s Injury Return<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking after the game, the Mexican manager expressed his happiness at having the Nigerian striker back in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a joy for everyone. We also had the 0\u20132 opportunity, and I don\u2019t know what happened in that play. Elche CF had their chances too. The victory feels good,\u201d Aguirre told the <a href=\"http:\/\/valenciacf.com\">club\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Real Madrid Test Next<\/h3>\n<p>The Valencia boss has now turned his attention to the team\u2019s next league encounter against Real Madrid, insisting that facing one of Europe\u2019s top sides provides sufficient motivation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need any extra motivation. We\u2019re playing against one of the best teams, and hopefully we can put in a good performance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sadiq has now scored twice in four La Liga appearances for Valencia this season, with his latest contribution providing a timely boost for the club ahead of their clash with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia head coach Javier Aguirre has expressed his delight following Umar Sadiq\u2019s return to action after spending around two months on the sidelines through injury. The Nigeria international made an&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}