West Brom centre-back Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi played 90 minutes for Nigeria in the 6-0 win against Sao Tome and Principe.
Super Eagles central defender Semi Ajayi has expressed his joy after returning from injury and scoring a goal against his club Hull City, reports Soccernet.ng.
The 29-year-old centre-back last played for the Baggies in October and has been sidelined with injury since then, but played 35 minutes at the Hawthorns Stadium on Saturday.
The Nigerian scored Albion’s third goal, taking all three points for his team and Carlos Corberan’s side remain unbeaten in their last five home games. Ajayi stressed that the team is currently playing with confidence that exudes.
After West Brom’s win over Hull City, Ajayi was happy to have contributed to his team’s victory.
“I’m really glad to be back with the players, and most importantly, to be able to contribute to the victory.” I’m really happy. The players made really good shifts today, so I’m happy as well. I thought it was resilient. There were times when we had to push and there were times when they were on top, but I think the form and resilience of the players was excellent in weathering the waves,” Semi said ofWest Brom. told the official website. .
Carlos Corberan’s side have won three games in a row and Ajayi admitted that his team was always confident and believed they could beat anyone they faced.
“We have been confident since the first day of the season and are fully aware of the capabilities of this dressing room. We also have full confidence in the gaffer. We just need to put the performance together, the team is very well put together,” added the 1.93m tall defender.
West Brom’s win over Hull leaves them in fifth place in the Championship, one point behind Southampton and 13 points behind Kelechi Iheanacho’s Leicester City.
