In an entertaining match between Zaragoza and Real Madrid,Super eagles dependable striker and highest goal scorer came in as a substitute in the 75th Minute.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=275649&league=ESP.1&cc=3888

Great news. I will be sure to watch Zaragoza's next match.

At last Uche is back,the likes of Aiyegbeni and Obafemi should bury their head in shame

Thank God, my main man is back, imagine all these fast strikers available, Ahmed Musa is also another one i love to see in SA.

i am really happy for him

Ikechukwu Uche back in action
Uche back in action

Posted: 2010-04-26 10:19

Nigeria striker Ikechukwu Uche returned from almost six-month lay-off for Real Zaragoza to play a part in their 1-2 home loss on Saturday night.

Uche has been out injured since September last year but the club medical team only cleared him to start playing in the Spanish La-Liga four weeks ago.

Although he was not in the Real Zaragoza squad to face Real Madrid on Saturday, a freak injury suffered by a team-mate turned the tide in his favour.

"I was at the stadium just to watch the Real Madrid game and support my teammates from the stand.

"Unfortunately, during the warm-up one of our players suffered an injury.

"I was asked to come into the squad to take his place and I thought I was just going to be a non-playing striker on the bench.

"But the coach who has been biding his time to give me a chance in the team asked me to warm up.

"Sincerely, that precious 15-minute on the pitch against Real Madrid was highly emotional.

"Though we lost the game, our fans and my fellow players were delighted to see me back in action." Uche told KickOffNigeria.com.

Uche's return has since been hailed as a breath of fresh air as Nigeria begins their preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

He missed the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola and Nigeria's inability to find goals at the tournament left fans ruing the absence of the Zaragoza man.

Uche, presently reckoned to be Nigeria's best goal-poacher, was the Super Eagles top scorer with four goals during the World Cup qualifiers, despite missing the final two matches of the campaign.

But he was quick to play down the sentiments: "I only make my own contribution, we have good strikers and the team is a brilliant one. We were only unlucky and got some things wrong in Angola."

He told KickOffNigeria.com, "I just want to give my best to my country and club; I am not interested in personal glory or what the media writes.

"What matters is a collective success of the team and not being the top scorer or getting accolades in the papers while the team struggles.

"I am just delighted to be back and there is a lot to be done between now and the World Cup to get back to the player I was before the injury stalled everything."

Colin Udoh

honeric01:

Thank God, my main man is back, imagine all these fast strikers available, Ahmed Musa is also another one i love to see in SA.

what is your own ?

hollandis:

what is your own ?

what's my own? how?

We are talking Ikechukwu Uche,you are talking Ahmed Musa.Very soon you will talk about Yusuf Mohammed.You are TOO tribalistic

hollandis:

We are talking Ikechukwu Uche,you are talking Ahmed Musa.Very soon you will talk about Yusuf Mohammed.You are TOO tribalistic

Do i look like an Aboki to you ? why should you say I'm too tribalistic ? i only mentioned Ahmed's name because i would like to see both of them mounting the forward line for the super eagles, now how's that a tribalistic statement?