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Frank Onyeka joined Brentford from F.C. Midtjylland in Denmark in 2021 after the Bees secured promotion to the English Premier League.
Tremendous Eagles and Brentford midfielder, Frank Ogochukwu Onyeka, has credited Nigeria’s AFCON 2023 run in Ivory Coast as an ingredient that helped him acquire health, Soccernet.ng studies.
Onyeka, 26, began simply 5 of Brentford’s fifteen video games earlier than the AFCON event, accruing simply 733 minutes of soccer.
In Wilfred Ndidi’s absence, the previous Ebedei boy performed all seven video games for José Peseiro’s males in Ivory Coast as they misplaced the ultimate to the hosts.
The run turned out to be the longest stretch of soccer the deep-lying midfielder had performed shortly, and he referred to the outing as a supply of gaining health after working his socks off in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis final evening.
“You already know, going again to Africa, serving to my staff, coming again match, it’s been wonderful. It helped and actually match, and now I may also help my staff,” the 26-year-old stated in quotes revealed by the club’s official website.
Erling Haaland’s purpose made all of the distinction on the Etihad Stadium yesterday, however Onyeka’s efficiency was nothing in need of spectacular and he wasn’t happy that the Bees couldn’t come away with no less than some extent.
“We got here right here believing we may do it once more, so to lose is gloomy, nevertheless it was a very good efficiency. It’s onerous as a result of they transfer the ball shortly, so we wanted to regulate as shortly as potential. We did that fairly nicely within the first and second half; defensively, we did nicely. With the slip, it occurs in soccer. Sadly, we couldn’t get one thing out of the sport,” the 24-time capped Tremendous Eagles midfielder added.
Thomas Frank’s males forge forward within the English Premier League and can look to capitalize on the poor type of David Moyes’ West Ham when either side meet on Monday evening.
