When the seamers pounded the Ukrainian opponent and burned chance after chance, Trpišovský wondered how he would refresh his team. Twenty minutes before the end, he released Boluwatife Ogungbayi onto the square. “It was a risk, he has never played a match like this,” the Slavist coach admitted.
He succeeded, the African youngster brazenly oscillated on the left side, pushed forward and upgraded his effort in the fourth minute of the set time when he reached for Ševčík’s center on the border of the goal line, returned the ball in front of the empty goal, where Lukáš Masopust knocked it into the net. “Half the goal is his,” thanked the shooter.
Editing of the European League football match between Slavia Prague and LuhanskVideo: O2 TV Sport
“We believed that he closes the back post well and can push forward quickly. That’s why we bet on him, it worked out in the end, I don’t know if any other player would have finished the situation before the second goal,” said Trpišovský.
Tremendous speed is one of Ogungbayi’s main strengths. He moves well, is able to present himself correctly and is technically proficient. The main limit? Logically personal fights. He’s young, fragile, he needs to get stronger. “He reminds a little of Oscar at the beginning of his engagement in Slavia,” said about “Bolk” in Eden. But he sees enormous potential in it.
Ogungbayi came to Slavia a year ago as part of a project developed by stitchers in Africa. They look for talent there, create a network of contacts. Bolu, as he is also called, came from the Ilaji FC academy, impressed at the test and signed a contract with the Vršovice club. In the last season, he jumped in the youth league, for the new one he moved to the third league B and completed the summer training with the Trpišovský team.
“He was with us in training, he is a kind and nice boy who smiles, doesn’t talk back, doesn’t let anything slip. It’s also great for our youth. The boys see that if they work hard and put their all into it, they can even move up to A. I would also like to congratulate him on his first start for an A. It’s great for his future,” Masopust encouraged his young teammate.
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Boluwatife Ogungbayi vs Luhansk.
In the beginning, his manager Daniel Smejkal took a lot of care of the young Nigerian, who arranged for him documents, accommodation or even clothes. As a personality, however, he matures quickly, moreover, he has humility and respect rooted in him. When he comes to the stadium, he greets everyone warmly. He will thank you for everything.
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He is immersed in the happenings in the club. For example, when Slavia played in the second league round in České Budějovice, he wrote to the club management where he could watch the match. He got access to O2 TV and watched. At the weekend against Baník Ostrava he was on the bench for the first time, in four days against Luhansk he played for the first team. It is up to him how he will continue to develop his talent.
2023-08-26 03:47:22
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